Cannot open GUI apps

[HarryK4673]

Hi everyone!

I followed the steps and installed those apps. But I can open none of them, such as:

(base) harry@wsl:~$ xcalc
Error: Can't open display: 10.255.255.254:0.0
(base) harry@wsl:~$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b)
[00005565d4ae32d0] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00005565d4a31220] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00005565d4a31220] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00005565d4ae32d0] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
[00005565d4ac80a0] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00005565d4ae32d0] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> ^C[00005565d4ae32d0] [cli] lua interface error: Error loading script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/intf/cli.luac: lua/intf/modules/host.lua:286: Interrupted.
(base) harry@wsl:~$ google-chrome
[4496:4496:0102/005256.263622:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(244)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[4496:4496:0102/005256.264170:ERROR:env.cc(257)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.

Here's my system info:

WSL version: 2.3.24.0
Kernel version: 5.15.153.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.65
MSRDC version: 1.2.5620
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.22631.4460

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