wsl.md

WSL

First open Powershell as administrator and launch the following command:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

This command will install WSL on your computer. After this, you'll need to ==reboot==.

Upgrade to WSL 2

If you're on WSL 1 and want to upgrade to WSL 2, here is the process:

1. Open an elevated powershell and paste the following command:

   dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

2. Then, enable the Virtual Machine Platform optional feature.

   dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

3. Now restart your computer to apply these features. Once it's done, open an elevated powershell again and set the default wsl version to 2

   wsl --set-default-version 2

!!! warning "You might see this message after running the command above" WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component. For information please visit wsl2kernel.

If you install the MSI from wsl2kernel. Once you have the kernel installed, please run wsl --set-default-version 2 again and it should complete successfully without showing the message.

Start WSL

After reboot, open the microsoft store and install the distribution of your choice, for instance: ==Ubuntu 20.04 lts==. Once it's done, open it and after a few minutes you'll be prompted for the creation of a user account.

To make sure it's correctly installed and working, you can open Powershell and paste the following command :

wsl.exe --list --running

Now you should see the name of your distribution in the list. And follow set_up_your_environment