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--- windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2024/06/27 05:23] – tkbletsc
+++ windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2024/12/22 19:54] (current) – tkbletsc
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 ===== Enabling WSL =====
-First, to enable WSL at all ([[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10|from here]]), in adminstrator powershell:
+First, to enable WSL at all, in adminstrator powershell:
-<code>
-Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
+<code>
+wsl --install
 </code>
-Then, it still being Windows, you have to restart.
+Then, it still being Windows, you have to restart. If it hangs or is weird, restart and try again. If it is then weird in a new way, restart, and try again.
 ===== Installing distro =====
-Windows Store is a garbage zone. Here's the spell for skipping that part ([[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual|from here]]). Just download this URL and double click what you get:
+To get Ubuntu 24.04:
-[[https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804|https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804]]
+<code>
+wsl --install ubuntu-24.04
-[[https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004|https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004]]
+</code>
-[[https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204|https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204]]
+To see other distros:
-Other URLs exist for other distros; you're on your own for that.
+<code>
+wsl --list --online
+</code>
 ===== Making it Launchy-launchable =====
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 The default package set is actually not bad. But this will update and install what's missing:
-<code>
+<code>
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt dist-upgrade