WSLv2 and Windows 10 Pro

Installing WSLv2 on Windows and using Linux natively on Windows

Pre-requisites

• Windows 10 May 2020 (2004)
• or Windows 10 May 2019 (1903)
• or Windows 10 November 2019 (1909) or later
• Computer with Hyper-V support for virtualization

Pathces : If you have Windows revisions 1903 or 1909 make sure you can install the patches: Windows Update KB4566116

1. WSL has to be enabled

Once the installation is complete, please enable the WSL using the following Powershell

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

2. Enable Virtual Machine Support

Once you have a comouter with Hyper-V hardware support, enable the Virtual machine Support in Windows 10 (1903 or 1909) with the following Powershell

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -NoRestart

3. WSLv2 should be the default

As of writing this document in Jan 2021, best version option to be made default in Windows should be 2. Set it accordingly using Powershell

wsl --set-default-version 2

4. Install Ubuntu 20.04

Linux distros are now available in the Microsoft Store App for Windows . Look for Ubuntu 20.04 and install it. Following link will also get you there

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in the Microsoft Store

5. Install Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is also available in the Microsoft Store App. Following link will get you there

Windows Terminal in the Microsoft Store

6. Using Ubuntu

Start the Windows Terminal Application. At the top bar of the Terminal right next to the + sign there is anoher sign with 🠋 Select that and Choose Ubuntu. It wil take you directly to a bash shell

user@mypc./mnt/c/home/user %

7. Check the running wsl

Got back to the running terminal the using the following command to look at the current status of the running WSLv2

C:/> wsl -v -l