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WSL

WSL - short for Windows Subsystem for Linux - is a Tool of Windows that allows users and developers to run a Linux environment.

Setup

WSL ist preinstalled on the newer Windows versions. Then the distribution to run may have to be installed.

Usage

Installing a Distribution

First make sure to update WSL. This can be done by running the following command.

wsl --update

If the Microsoft Store is disabled on the system the command needs to be adapted.

wsl --update --web-download

Then the distribution will be installed. First get the name of the distribution to be installed. This can be done by running the following command.

wsl.exe -l -o

Afterwards install the distribution. <Distribution Name> is the name of the distribution obtained in the previous stepa.

wsl.exe --install -d <Distribution Name>

On systems that have the Microsoft store disabled the distribution needs to be imported instead. For this a file system image of the distribution inside a tar archive is needed. These archives can be found on the websites of the distribution. For example Ubuntu file system images can be found on their cloud image site. <Distribution Name> should be set to the name of the distribution. <Install Location> is the path where the systems files will be stored. <Install TarFile> is the path to the file obtained from the distributions website.

wsl --import <Distribution Name> <Install Location> <Install TarFile>

Afterwards the default distribution may have to be set. Once again <DistributionName> is the name of the distribution to make the new default.

wsl --setdefault <DistributionName>