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inkscape in WSL2 fails after installation Segmentation fault

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I am trying to install inkscape on Windows10/WSL2/Ubuntu 20.04 and am encountering the below error. I have tried "apt purge" and "apt install" to no avail. I cannot find much online, so I suspect I am doing something wrong, but I do not know what.

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(inkscape:5803): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 08:32:13.299: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed

(inkscape:5803): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 08:32:13.299: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed

(inkscape:5803): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 08:32:13.299: _gtk_style_provider_private_get_settings: assertion 'GTK_IS_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIVATE (provider)' failed

Emergency save activated!
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at https://inkscape.org/report
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.
** Message: 08:32:13.299: Error: Inkscape encountered an internal error and will close now.

Segmentation fault

Progress. I have little experience with this type of program on wsl2 and it seems that I need a server program to view the output. I am following these instructions to install XLaunch in Windows, but have not yet figured out how to connect inkscape to this terminal window. When I type

 xhost +localhost

I get

 xhost:  unable to open display "0:0"

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29468421/gtk-warning-cannot-open-display-launching-background-gtk

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Ray
There is a Windows version of Inkscape. Why don't you use that instead of the Ubuntu version?
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user3877654
Wow. Okay, I feel dumb. I use Windows as an OS, but spend all of my day in WSL2... Thank you for pointing out the obvious!
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Ray
It's ok! We often miss the obvious. I do run Inkscape from time to time and my suggestion would be to try running it on Ubuntu standalone (maybe booting from USB); not as a subsystem. That might not be the cause, but at least you'll remove a lot of factors.
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Archisman Panigrahi
`I use Windows as an OS, but spend all of my day in WSL2` -- Dual boot Ubuntu with Windows. then. The native version of Ubuntu is much better than WSL2
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user3877654
@ArchismanPanigrahi I am starting with a computer that has Windows installed. Is there a way of making it a dual boot computer without having to reinstall everything? I miss my single boot Ubuntu computer, but there are a few times that I need Windows functionality.
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Archisman Panigrahi
Of course you can dual boot Ubuntu without reinstalling Windows or removing Windows. See https://medium.com/linuxforeveryone/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-and-dual-boot-alongside-windows-10-323a85271a73 If you get stuck somewhere, you are welcome to ask a new question on this site.
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