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You can use WSL to run the Linux-based program on the Windows

WSL2 Version

If your Windows 10 has been upgraded to the 20H1/20H2 or higher version, then the default version of the WSL will be WSL2

Enable Hyper-V

You can go to the Control Pannel or search the programs keyword, then click Add or remove programs

Click the Programs and Features on the right side.

Click Turn Windows features on or of to open the Windows Features window

And enable all the Hyper-V options.

Active WSL

Run the PowerShell as an administrator, then run the following 2 commands to activate wsl

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

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Restart windows after run the active wsl commands to active WSL

Confirm WSL Active Status

Go back to the original Windows Features window to confirm if the following 2 options are all enabled

• Virtual Machine Platform
• Windows Subsystem for Linux

Change WSL Version

Make sure your WSL version is set to 2

wsl --set-default-version 2

Download the Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store

Hint: You can download any version of the Linux that you want, but here is using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Open Microsoft Store the search Ubuntu to download the Ubuntu system

After install fininsh, then open the Ubuntu, and try to setup you account & password on the Ubuntu. Then you can close this window.

Show available Linux version from the WSL

Run the wsl -l can show all of the available Linux version

wsl -l

But I only install 1 version of Linux, so here is only 1 version that shows on the screen.

If you install multi-version of Linux, it will show all of the Linux versions right here.

Use WSL to connect specific Linux version

wsl -d Linux System Version Name

wsl -d Ubuntu-20.04

Run the wsl -d to access the specific Linux version.

Then you will see all of the Linux files are all synchronized with the Windows on the /mnt path

So you can edit or change anything you want on the Windows environment, then execute it on the Linux environment

WSL Commands

Reference

• 什麼是Windows 子系統 Linux 版 | Microsoft Learn
• 使用WSL2在Windows下快速打造Linux開發環境(含Docker) - iT 邦幫忙::一起幫忙解決難題，拯救 IT 人的一天

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