Install WSL in windows 11 / 10

Setting Up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 11 and 10

Step 1: Enable Required Features
Run PowerShell as an administrator and execute the commands based on your system architecture.

For x64 architecture:
$ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
$ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -NoRestart


For ARM64 architecture:
$ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart


Step 2: Install Ubuntu from Microsoft Store
1. Open the Microsoft Store, search for **Ubuntu**, and install it.
2. Restart your machine after installation.

Step 3: Update WSL
To use WSL 2 on Windows 10 (64-bit):
1. Download and install the WSL 2 update package from the following link:
   WSL Update for x64 https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

Step 4: Convert WSL 1 to WSL 2
1. Check the current version of installed WSL distributions:
$ wsl -l -v

2. Set the default WSL version for Ubuntu to WSL 2:
$ wsl.exe --set-version Ubuntu 2

3. Verify the change:
   wsl -l -v