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Install WSL2 on Windows Server 2022

When installing a WSL2 distribution on Windows Server 2022 you may receive the error An error occurred during installation. Distribution Name: 'Ubuntu 22.04 LTS' Error Code: 0x8000ffff. First you need to update WSL after enabling the feature.

Steps for a fresh installation:

1. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

2. Reboot

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Install Windows Package Manager (winget) on Windows Server 2022

Update: the easiest current method is to use the community winget-install script from PowerShell Gallery. This script installs WinGet and required dependencies automatically.

Run the following from an elevated PowerShell session:

Install-Script -Name winget-install -Force
winget-install -Force

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Install Windows Terminal on Windows Server 2022

1. Download and install c-runtime-packages-desktop-bridge
2. Download and install microsoft-ui-xaml
3. Download and install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

Execute the following in Windows PowerShell (Powershell 7 doesn't support the Appx module)

# Update versions, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/visualstudio/cpp/libraries/c-runtime-packages-desktop-bridge#how-to-install-and-update-desktop-framework-packages

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Update-AUPackages

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This file is automatically generated by the update_all.ps1 script using the AU module.

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