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 Graphical Linux programs require installation of a X server like [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/latest/download Xming] or [https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv VcXsvr] on the Windows host. There are helpful writeups (e.g. [http://wsl-guide.org/en/latest/]). To use the X server, one has to say in the shell window
   export DISPLAY=:0
-before running the program. Running XDSGUI under WSL's Ubuntu 14.04 requires installation of a few packages with
+before running the program. Running XDSGUI under WSL's Ubuntu may require installation of a few packages with e.g.
   sudo apt-get install libgomp1 libqtgui4
-and [[generate_XDS.INP]] requires a number of packages (some of which are only for specific detectors!); I'd start with
+(see [[XDSGUI#Libraries_and_software_that_the_program_depends_on|XDSGUI]] and above).
+[[generate_XDS.INP]] requires a number of packages (some of which are only for specific detectors!); I'd start with
   sudo apt-get install coreutils binutils gawk sed bc grep
 and if required, also install python and hdf5-tools.
-The CU fixes many aspects of the interoperability between Windows and Linux, so is recommended. Without it, only single-processor xds runs smoothly, whereas the parallel xds_par stops with an error message.
 XDSSTAT and the conversion to MTZ files by XDSCONV require a CCP4 installation accessible by WSL. In principle, CCP4 may be installed within WSL (have not tested this), or on the Windows host.