How to Install & Enable WSL in Windows 10 (+ how to access files)

In this video you’ll see how to install and enable WSL in Windows 10, install the Ubuntu 18.04 Linux distribution and access your Windows files from the WSL command line.

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets you run a Linux dev environment directly on your Windows 10 machine without the need for a virtual machine. With WSL installed, you’re able to use Linux command line tools like ssh and vim, open source languages like php and python, as well as popular system services like mysql and nginx.

✅ POWERSHELL COMMAND TO ENABLE WSL:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

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[Mornepin]

A huge THANK YOU for this fast 3 min video.
If only all tutorials were like this, jeez...

[shyguy]

This video saved me entire life. I will save yours one day percy

[kennielarsen]

Great video! You covered some pretty important commands, within an amazingly short time - I spend 40 minutes in another video to get to the same point including installation

[shubhamdwivedi]

This video is really better than many tutorials available..

[ayush]

you guys are our saviours. for me it saved from getting failed at a test.

[awohogochukwu]

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[Ovaltyrant]

As a very new user to Linux, this was very helpful. Thank you very much.

[DayanandhanSubramani]

simple short nice and easy to understand :) you got my sub man :)

[techmarinar]

thanx man this was great video, god bless you <3

[tabhorian]

This was really useful. By the time I used it (20221222) ubuntu was at release 22.x, and some of the names of the buttons in the microsoft store have changed, but this still works fine. I'm running windows10, and I turned on the wsl in settings first

[RWoolf-jqfz]

Thanks finally a tutorial that works for installing WSL

[aakashmathur]

The video was very clear and informative. Thanks a Lot :)

[rjcdz]

Excelent! It was so useful! Thanks so much!

[ishanksharma]

You can install the 20.04 version its available on the store now

[tensor]

Alternatively you can also enable WSL from control panel > programs > turn windows features on or off > scroll down to windows subsystem for linux > check it and click ok > restart your machine

[shafmohammed]

Hi can you make a video on installing Ruby on WSL system for windows 10

[ockertwessels]

Ah VIM eh? The best way to turn a C subroutine into a comprehensible paragraph from within a lethal maze.

[alain]

i have used this method before now i am moving to dev containers does the same with less overhead. I have only to install docker and vscode with a single plugin and then can i clone my dev container repo and my development enviroment is spin up.

[Reycko]

PS C:\Windows\system32> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName


Path :
Online : True
RestartNeeded : False



PS C:\Windows\system32>

How to fix ?

[sktrading]

hello sir mine it saying cannot find wsl distribution even after enable windows subsytem for linux