Install
Installing WSL is very easy!
To install WSL, open Powershell and run this command:
Doing so will install WSL and do every configuration needed. Sit back and relax.
This command will install WSL from Microsoft Store and the latest Ubuntu version.
Install WSL with other distribution
If you want to install WSL with other distribution than Ubuntu, you can do that.
To view a list of available distros, run this command:
Look at the "NAME" column, you will need that.
To install WSL with a different distribution, run this command:
Where <distro>
is the name of the distribution that appears in the "NAME" column in the list before.
For example, if you want to install Ubuntu 20.04, you will have to run this command:
This guide will continue using Ubuntu 20.04.
👏 Congratulations! You just installed Ubuntu in WSL.
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