init.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

# Update sudoers file
if [ -f /etc/sudoers ]; then
    sudo perl -i -pe 's/(^%sudo.*)(ALL=\(ALL:ALL\) ALL)/$1ALL=\(ALL:ALL\) NOPASSWD:ALL/' /etc/sudoers
else
    echo "/etc/sudoers not found, check your system configuration"
    exit 1
fi

# Update and upgrade packages
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade

# Install build-essential
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential

# Download and install Miniconda
if [ ! -d "$HOME/miniconda3" ]; then
    wget -q --show-progress https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
    bash ~/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda3
    rm ~/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
else
    echo "Miniconda3 is already installed"
fi

# Initialize Miniconda
if [ -f "$HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda" ]; then
    $HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda init
else
    echo "Miniconda3 installation failed or not found"
    exit 1
fi

echo "======================================================================"
echo "DONE! Restart the terminal then run:"
echo "./install.sh"

• Make sure your WSL2 Ubuntu distro is brand new (i.e. delete your existing one with: wsl.exe --unregister Ubuntu)
• From Windows Terminal in the tab bar click the down arrow and select "Ubuntu" to start a new clean distro
• Copy this script into the distro then run it