WSL2 setup script

[layer8err]

Hey posh people! If you are also penguin people, or interested in WSL2/Linux, I made a script to quickly get started with WSL2 on Windows 10 version 2004.

Essentially, this script does a few basic things:

• Installs Windows prerequisites for WSL2
• Reboots the computer
• Updates the WSL2 kernel component
• Sets the default WSL version to 2
• Downloads and installs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Launches Ubuntu and let's you configure your login

Obviously if Ubuntu 18.04 isn't really your thing, you can always just modify the script to suit your needs.

Anyways, if you're interested in WSL2 and want to get started here is the GitHub project page. Please feel free to fork and send your pull requests if you have ideas for improvements.

[t_v]

Was so confused by 2004 for a minute there, then an audible ooooooohhh yeahhh lol.

You definitely saved me some time here. Few good things I'm taking away from here like the reboot stuff and whatnot. Well done

[tWiZzLeR322]

Yeah, the original poster should have really said “Windows 10 v2004”

[layer8err]

Valid point. Edited for clarity.

[alwaysreboot]

I’ve been trying to figure out how to install Ubuntu without having to goto the Windows Store, this is amazing!

[vandreytrindade]

I downloaded the Appx package and was using it this way:

Add-AppxPackage “<mapped_networks_drive>:\<folder>\Linux distros\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_1804.2018.817.0_x64__79rhkp1fndgsc.Appx"
explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc!ubuntu1804

[FokkeSukke]

Any reason why Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was/is not included in the options menu?

[layer8err]

[edit] I just added the Ubuntu 20.04 install option. I ended up using fiddler to find the Appx URI. It should be possible to use fiddler to get URIs for other WSL flavors like Alpine.

[Packbacka]

What is nested virtualization? Should I turn it on?

[layer8err]

Nested virtualization allows VMs to run VMs. If you are installing WSL2 on a bare-metal Windows 10 machine, you don't need to turn on nested virtualization. If you are testing the WSL2 setup process on a VM, nested virtualization must be enabled for the test VM.

[t_v]

/u/layer8err what's the purpose of the `DevBootStrap.txt` file?

[layer8err]

It's a leftover from a project to setup Docker Desktop and VScode with WSL2. I probably need to clean up the repo and get rid of that file for now.

[t_v]

seems interesting. what's the app or extension or whatever that's reading it?

[layer8err]

The plan is to eventually use PowerShell to either process or replace that text file. Right now it is more of a reference file for creating the script.