wsl 2 download for windowws code example

Example 1: wsl2 windows 10

//Enable WSL 2 on windows 10 - Run these from an admin powershell
//Enable Microsoft Hyper V first
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
wsl.exe --set-version Ubuntu 2

"The Hyper-V feature is not required, but Virtual Machine Platform (which includes the Hyper-V hypervisor) is required"

Example 2: how to WSL2

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

Enable Virtual Machine Platform: dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Download WSL2 kernel: https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

Set default WSL verison: wsl --set-default-version 2