Mercenarys' note

System

Mount disk (usb etc.)

Assume the disk label is E:\

sudo mkdir /mnt/e                # make mounting point
mount -t drvfs e: /mnt/e         # WSL-compatible mounting type drvfs 

Unmount before the device is ejected

sudo umount /mnt/e

Software

• docker in WSL
  • install docker follow official instructions
  • in case systemctl issue, activate docker by dockerd
    • https://dev.to/bowmanjd/install-docker-on-windows-wsl-without-docker-desktop-34m9
    • some errors might occur during installation, but docker can be activated in the end
    • (optional might or not helpful) extra: systemctl for WSL https://github.com/DamionGans/ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script
• nvtop is a htop like monitor procedure for GPU usage
  • apt install nvtop
  • https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop
  • may lead torch.cuda.is_available() return false
    • if occur, uninstall nvtop
    • compile from repository will work
• Python3
  • apt install python3-pip
• set pip for specific version

  curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
  python3.9 get-pip.py
  

• Python plot from terminal
  • pip install tk
  • export DISPLAY according to wsl setting
• Pytorch
  • this page will give proper installation command https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/
• cudnn
  • https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/install-guide/index.html
• jupyter notebook
  • sudo pip3 install jupyter
    • sudo is required otherwise it may install in local directory of the user thus won’t work as a command
  • execute by command “jupyter-notebook” at current repository
• Xilinx toolchain: Vitis, Vivado etc
  • might need to install libncurses5, libncurses5-dev and libtinfo5 first
  • install without GUI

    ./Xilinx_Unified_<VERSION>.bin --noexec --target installer   # extract installer from .bin file in case not using *.tar based payload 
    ./xsetup -b AuthTokenGen
    ./xsetup -b ConfigGen
    sudo ./xsetup --agree XilinxEULA,3rdPartyEULA,WebTalkTerms --batch Install --config ${HOME}/.Xilinx/install_config.txt
    

• Set Windows Terminal key binding
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/actions
  • e.g., { “command”: “prevTab”, “keys”: “ctrl+pageup” }
  • often used commands

        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "nextTab"
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+pgdn"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "prevTab"
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+pgup"
        },
        {
            "command": 
            {
                "action": "moveTab",
                "direction": "forward"
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+pgdn"
        }
    

• set starting directory

        "startingDirectory": "\\\\wsl$\\Ubuntu-20.04\\home\\username"