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Install WSL without Windows Store
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| # Windows now supports a simple WSL installation using the command: | |
| wsl --install | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' | |
| $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' | |
| Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux | |
| Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor | |
| Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform | |
| Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName HypervisorPlatform | |
| Set-Location -Path "$env:TEMP" | |
| Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi' -OutFile 'wsl_update_x64.msi' -UseBasicParsing | |
| Start-Process 'msiexec.exe' -Wait -ArgumentList '/I wsl_update_x64.msi /quiet' | |
| Remove-Item -Path 'wsl_update_x64.msi' | |
| wsl --set-default-version 2 |
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| $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' | |
| $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' | |
| $WslDistName = 'ubuntu2204' | |
| $WslDistFullName = 'Ubuntu-22.04' | |
| $WslDistUrl = 'https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204' | |
| $WslDistExe = 'ubuntu2204.exe' | |
| $WslParentDir = 'C:\Tools' | |
| $WslDistPath = Join-Path -Path $WslParentDir -ChildPath $WslDistName | |
| Set-Location -Path $WslParentDir | |
| wsl --set-default-version 2 | |
| Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$WslDistUrl" -OutFile "$WslDistName.appx" -UseBasicParsing | |
| Rename-Item -Path "$WslDistName.appx" -NewName "$WslDistName.zip" | |
| Expand-Archive -Path "$WslDistName.zip" -DestinationPath "$WslDistName" | |
| Remove-Item -Path "$WslDistName.zip" | |
| $userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User") | |
| [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "$userenv;$WslDistPath", "User") | |
| Start-Process "cmd.exe" -Wait -ArgumentList "echo /c $(Join-Path -Path "$WslDistPath" -ChildPath "$WslDistExe")" | |
| wsl --set-version $WslDistFullName 2 | |
| wsl --list --verbose |
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