Mega quick notes on how I finally managed to install PhpStorm on Windows 11 WSL2 Ubuntu VM so that it starts in the XLaunch window server.
I have no idea what I’m doing so the terminology is probably completely wrong.
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In Windows 11, install VCXSRV from https://nav.dl.sourceforge.net/project/vcxsrv/ – I have no idea if this is needed or not but I’d already done it 🤷.
Enable systemd (from https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/systemd-support-is-now-available-in-wsl/)
Create a file at /etc/wsl.conf containing:
[boot]
systemd=true
Start snap at startup:
sudo systemctl unmask snapd.service
sudo systemctl enable snapd.service
sudo systemctl start snapd.service
Install PhpStorm using Snap
sudo snap install phpstorm --classic
Install Java
sudo apt install default-jre
Start PHP storm with phpstorm
BONUS STUFF
Installing Docker
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
Setting up Docker so it can be used by logged in user
Gary Hockin @GeeH 