linux kernel on windows code example

Example 1: update to wsl2

#enable wsl 
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
#make sure windows version is >=2004
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
#restart
wsl --set-default-version 2
#if kernal error https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel

Example 2: windows features windows subsystem for linux not

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

Example 3: wsl2

> wsl --set-default-version 2

Example 4: windows wsl

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