How to set up WSL and run Linux commands on Windows

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Today in this article, we shall see how to How to set up WSL on Windows and run Linux commands on Windows machines.

I shall be listing few simple steps which can be used to configure. I have used Windows 10 machine to showcase this feature.

What is WSL?

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux.

It lets developers run Linux environments directly on Windows without the overhead of virtual machines or extra setup.

Once configured for WSL, you get support for all command-line tools, utilities, and applications.

Example- Ubuntu command line utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt

Set up WSL in Windows

Please follow below basic steps.

Step 1: Run Powershell

Run Powershell in Administrator mode and run the below command

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

If not used as admin mode might get below error,

“Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature: The requested operation requires elevation.”

Step 2: Enable Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

The above command will let you enable the WSL feature on the Windows machine.

Set up WSL on Windows

The above command should take a few minutes for enabling this feature.

Run Unix commands on windows

Please restart the machine for the configuration to be effective.

Step 3: Download and install Linux distros

Download and install supported Linux distros.

You can install it using the Ubuntu app available in the Microsoft store.

Ubuntu on Windows allows one to use Terminal and run Ubuntu command line utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt, etc.

run ubuntu command on windows

Step 4: Set up default Unix user account and run apt commands

Once Ubuntu is installed successfully, please configure the default user account.

Please run the below commands to get the latest updates if any,

> sudo apt-get update

> sudo apt-get upgrade

That’s all, you are all set to use the Linux command on the window machine.

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