Installing Ubuntu on Windows using WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux, shortly called as WSL, is a feature of Microsoft Windows that supports installing a linux distributting running inside Windows.

Follow the following instructions to install Ubuntu on your Windows computer using WSL.

Please note that only Windows 10 version 2004 and higher or Windows 11 are supported.

Step 1: Open Windows Power Shell

Enter Windows Power Shell in the system search bar and open the application.

Step 2: Install Ubuntu using WSL

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux and it supports running Linux inside Windows. For this course we’ll be using the Linux distribution Ubuntu 24.04.

Run the following command in the power shell to download and install Ubuntu.

wsl --install

Please make sure you have a fast internet connection as this step downloads more than 1GB of data.

Step 3: Open Ubuntu Terminal

Enter Ubuntu in the system search bar and open the application.

You’ll should see a Ubuntu terminal.

That’s all! You are now ready to code.

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