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windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2019/08/02 11:51] tkbletscwindows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2021/04/27 10:00] tkbletsc
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   * Make a shortcut of the "app", then put the shortcut into the classic start menu programs list.   * Make a shortcut of the "app", then put the shortcut into the classic start menu programs list.
  
-===== Basic packages ===== +===== Update plus basic packages ===== 
-The default package set is actually not bad. But here'what's missing:+The default package set is actually not bad. But this will update and install what's missing: 
 +  sudo apt update 
 +  sudo apt dist-upgrade
   sudo apt install lynx links binutils zip unzip gdb   sudo apt install lynx links binutils zip unzip gdb
 +
 +===== Symlinks =====
 +To get to places easily:
 +  ln -s /mnt/c/Users/$USER ~
 +  sudo ln -s /mnt/c /c
 +
 +===== "Open Linux Shell Here" context menu =====
 +It turns out there already is one by default, but it only shows if you //shift// right click. To make it always visible ([[https://winaero.com/blog/make-open-linux-shell-always-visible/|per here]]):
 +  * Download and run "[[https://winaero.com/blog/execti-run-programs-trustedinstaller/|ExecTI]]" to allow you to run regedit as TrustedInstaller (more privileges than admin)
 +  * Run regedit using the tool
 +  * In ''HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\WSL'', delete the key ''Extended''
 +
 +===== Run explorer from this directory in bash =====
 +I'm used to saying ''start .'' to open an explorer in this directory. Using [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44245721/launching-explorer-from-wsl|this recipe]], you can add the following to ~/.bashrc to restore this functionality:
 +  alias start="powershell.exe /c start"
 +
  
 ===== Keyboard scrolling ===== ===== Keyboard scrolling =====
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 #IfWinActive #IfWinActive
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Script to mount *all* drives =====
 +By default, WSL just mounts physical drives around at boot. This script mounts all drives Windows knows about to directories under /mnt:
 +
 +<code>
 +for DRV in `wmic.exe logicaldisk get name | grep : | awk '{print tolower($1)}'` ; do
 +    MNT=/mnt/${DRV::1}
 +    if mount | grep -q $MNT ; then
 +        echo $MNT already mounted
 +    else
 +        sudo mkdir -p $MNT
 +        sudo mount -t drvfs $DRV $MNT
 +    fi
 +done
 </code> </code>
  
windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup.txt · Last modified: 2022/10/09 08:57 by tkbletsc

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