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I am trying to set up Zathura on Windows 10 by using Ubuntu as available from the Microsoft Store. I would like to use Zathura as my PDF viewer when writing with vim/vimtex, and am currently facing the issue:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused (zathura:10420): 
Gtk-WARNING **: 15:58:19.628: cannot open display :0

This occurs when I type zathura into an Ubuntu terminal. I am new (and struggling) with Ubuntu and have only done the following:

  1. I downloaded Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store.

  2. I opened terminal, and typed vim. This successfully launches.

  3. sudo apt update && sudo apt install zathura

  4. Typing zathura produces the error mentioned above.

I've been Google searching for a few days, but I think my unfamiliarity with this technology has made difficult to spot an appropriate solution.

NotTheDr01ds
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Fraguh
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I also encountered the same problem. My solution is to use the google chrome browser.

# step 1
sudo ln /path/to/your/chrome/in/windows /usr/bin/chrome
# e.g., /mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe

step 2 add the following line in your ~/.vimrc


let g:vimtex_view_general_viewer='chrome'

However, there is still a little problem that every time you preview the compiled pdf file, it always open a new tab in chrome instead of the previous pdf tab.

xiong cai
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