WSL-Installation

Requirements: Windows 10 version 2004 and higher (Build 19041 and higher) or Windows 11(type and click on winver at the search bar to find your windows version)

1. You must first enable the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" optional feature before installing any Linux distributions on Windows.

2. Open PowerShell as Administrator (Start menu > PowerShell > right-click > Run as Administrator) and enter this command:

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

and:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

3. After running this command restart your machine

4. Install ubuntu from the following link

5. From the distribution's page, select "Download".

The first time you launch a newly installed Linux distribution, a console window will open and you'll be asked to wait for a minute or two for files to de-compress and be stored on your PC. All future launches should take less than a second.

6. You will then need to create a user account and password for your new Linux distribution

   • Once the process of installing your Linux distribution with WSL is complete, open the distribution (Ubuntu by default) using the Start menu. You will be asked to create a User Name and Password for your Linux distribution.

   • This User Name and Password is specific to each separate Linux distribution that you install and has no bearing on your Windows user name.

   • Please note that whilst entering the Password, nothing will appear on screen. This is called blind typing. You won't see what you are typing, this is completely normal.

   • Once you create a User Name and Password, the account will be your default user for the distribution and automatically sign-in on launch.

   • This account will be considered the Linux administrator, with the ability to run sudo (Super User Do) administrative commands.

   • Each Linux distribution running on WSL has its own Linux user accounts and passwords. You will have to configure a Linux user account every time you add a distribution, reinstall, or reset.

7. Finally, go to Powershell, open as administrator and run the following commands:

wsl --update

wsl --set-default-version 2

wsl --set-default Ubuntu-24.04