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Arup Rakshit
Asked: 2024-09-19 23:07:22 +0800 CST

org.gnu.emacs - bwrap: Can't mount tmpfs on /newroot/tmp/.X11-unix: No such file or directory

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I installed emacs using flatpak install flathub org.gnu.emacs. But when I try to run it, I get error. I am using Ubuntu via wsl2. Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS.

$ flatpak list --app
Name                            Application ID        Version        Branch        Installation
Free Software Foundation        org.gnu.emacs         29.4           stable        user
$ flatpak run org.gnu.emacs
bwrap: Can't mount tmpfs on /newroot/tmp/.X11-unix: No such file or directory

How can I fix this?

software-installation

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you want to run GUI apps with x11 in WSL, first install necessary dependencies with

    sudo apt install x11-apps -y

    Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

    Sandboxed technologies like flatpak do not work well with wsl. Please use APT packages instead.

    flatpak remove org.gnu.emacs
sudo apt install emacs
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