WSL2_Install_and_config_guide

WSL - Install and configuration guide
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1) WSL Install : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
#Before installing any Linux distributions on Windows, you must enable the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" optional feature.

2) Optional step - Setup Docker desktop  with WSL 2 backend: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/

3) WSL configuration (after wsl install)
#create symbolic link # Source: https://florianbrinkmann.com/en/ssh-key-and-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-3436/
mkdir /mnt/c/Users/user/.ssh
ln -s /mnt/c/Users/user/.ssh ~/.ssh

# Create /etc/wsl.conf with the following content.     # source: https://gist.github.com/shakahl/8b6c969768b3a54506c0fc4905d729a0
[automount]
enabled = true
root = /mnt/
options = "uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=22,fmask=11,metadata"
mountFsTab = true
options = "metadata"

[network]
generateHosts = true
generateResolvConf = true

[interop]
enabled = true
appendWindowsPath = true

#Set correct permissions.
sudo chmod 0644 /etc/wsl.conf

#Now restart the shell.

4) Optional step - disable the beep in bash  # Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36724209/disable-beep-of-linux-bash-on-windows-10 you need to uncomment (or add if not already there) the line "set bell-style none" in your /etc/inputrc file.

5) Optional Step - Setup an SSH-agent: https://medium.com/@pscheit/use-an-ssh-agent-in-wsl-with-your-ssh-setup-in-windows-10-41756755993e
or follow this wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSH_keys#Keychain

6) Other resources i found useful:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24154816/git-bash-could-not-open-a-connection-to-your-authentication-agent
https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/982une/sshagent_across_multiple_sessions_such_as_in_tmux/
https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/3785
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/chmod-chown-wsl-improvements/

7) Troubleshooting
#After restart or logout i sometimes need to enter this command to mount /mnt/c and enable .ssh folder redirect
sudo umount /mnt/c
sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata

8) Ubuntu with XFCE GUI Setup
https://github.com/davidbombal/wsl2/blob/main/ubuntu_gui_youtube