Published: January 15, 2024

Getting Started with WSL2

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) is a powerful tool that allows you to run a Linux environment directly on Windows.

Installation

To install WSL2, open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

wsl --install

This will install WSL2 with the default Ubuntu distribution.

Basic Commands

• wsl --list --verbose - List installed distributions
• wsl --set-default-version 2 - Set WSL2 as default
• wsl --shutdown - Shutdown all running distributions

Next Steps

Once installed, you can start using Linux commands directly in your Windows environment!

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