Windows Subsystem for Linux (WLS)

wikipedia:Windows Subsystem for Linux (2016)

• wsl --install -d Ubuntu

• dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

wsl --status
(no output)

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.572

Image Version: 10.0.19042.610

Enabling feature(s)
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

wsl
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore

wsl -l
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore

• wsl --list --verbose
• wsl --list --all --verbose

• Win+R ubuntu (command from cmd)

Limitations

• No KVM support
• No snap support
• No docker support
• No systemd support: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.

Related terms

• Bash
• PowerShell
• snap not supported, see snap install
• Windows Terminal
• Enable nested virtualization: Set-VMProcessor -VMName YOUR_VM_NAME -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
• File explorer: \\wsl$\Ubuntu
• wsl (linux command)

See also

• WSL, PID 1, WSL2
• Microsoft Windows: Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server, Windows IoT, Windows Server containers, RDP, Windows Update, Windows Defender, Windows Unified Write Filter (UWF), ReFS, Start-Service, Stop-Service, Set-Service, DISM, SFC, systeminfo, Microsoft Hyper-V, WSL, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WLS), Windows Server 2022, PowerShell, logoff, query user, WLMS, File explorer, Copy-Item, BitLocker, Cmdlet, choco, scoop, Windows VSS