Sphinx Installation on WSL working?

Hallo,

Has someone sucessfully installed Parrot Sphinx on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and XMing?

I’ve done the installation but when starting Sphinx i get the error:
grep: /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe: No such file or directory
error: sphinx and firmwared versions do not match

Thx a lot for any advice

Hi,

As far as I know, no one tried this before. Since Sphinx heavily relies on advanced Linux features: overlay union filesystem, linux namespaces (containers), GPU rendering, wifi drivers (mac80211/hostapd)… I think its unlikely that Sphinx would just work out of the box on WSL (1). I don’t know how far Microsoft has pushed the limits with its new WSL2 though.

That being said I have honestly no idea what would it take to port Sphinx to WSL 1 or WSL2 (we are not currently working on it). This particular error you’re encountering is probably only the tip of the iceberg, sorry.

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Thx for your answer.

“This particular error you’re encountering is probably only the tip of the iceberg.” I’ll think so. Would have been great if that has worked :wink: