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Windows ⚓︎

Windows Subsystems for Linux (WSL) 2⚓︎

Info

TBD

Warning

Always use a Powershell session as Administrator!

On Windows 11 / Windows 10 2004 build >= 19041⚓︎

On Windows 10 1903 build >= 18362⚓︎

To be ordered⚓︎

  • Activate WSL
    • On Windows 10 build >= 19041 or Windows 11: wsl --install
    • On previous versions of Windows: 
      dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
  • Upgrade to WSL2 and set default version
    • On Windows 10 build >= 19041 or Windows 11: automatically handled by the previous command
    • On previous versions of Windows:

  • Solve DNS issue

    • Procedure: https://superuser.com/questions/1533291/how-do-i-change-the-dns-settings-for-wsl2
    • Also helpful: https://www.ricmedia.com/set-permanent-dns-nameservers-ubuntu-debian-resolv-conf/
    • Watch out the firewall!

  • Create a SSH key pair on Windows