Rohit Beriwal

WSL stuff

This page contains frequently used command or instructions that might come in handy for using, setting up or in general dealing with WSL in window.

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Installing WSL2:

This has been mostly copied from microsoft’s website, but it’s a simplified version:

Requirenment:

• You WILL need to open powershell with admin permissions.
• For x64 systems: Version 1903 or higher, with Build 18362 or higher.
• For ARM64 systems: Version 2004 or higher, with Build 19041 or higher.

Check windows build no.

• Start+I
• System
• About -> Version \& OS Build

Enable WSL:

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

Enable VM:

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

Download Linux kernel package:

Cick Here to download.

Set WSL2 as default:

wsl --set-default-version 2

Install Ubunut

Open Microsoft store , search Ubunutu and install whatever version you want, 20.04 or 18.04.

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MOVE WSL Location

This is take from this answer.

It’s a 4 step process:

Export:

mkdir D:\backup   
wsl --export Ubuntu D:\backup\ubuntu.tar

Unregister:

wsl --unregister Ubuntu

Import:

 mkdir D:\wsl   
 wsl --import Ubuntu D:\wsl\ D:\backup\ubuntu.tar

#### Register the old user:

 cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps   
 ubuntu config --default-user <username>