It is a complete Linux system integrated into Windows kernel. Microsoft joined hands with Canonical the parent company of Ubuntu to bring the entire userland into Windows, minus the Linux Kernel.
Now the developers do not have to make compromises which they otherwise would while using a Virtual Machine or Cygwin. On the message box, click Yes to turn on developer mode. Once your computer reboots, open Control Panel and click on Programs. After installing the components on your computer, click the Restart now button to complete the task. Once your machine has restarted, you would need to install the Ubuntu distribution for Windows Subsystem for Linux. To do that use the following command in the command prompt.
Once installed, you would need to set up your Unix username and password, which can be different from your Windows account username and password. Once done, you are good to go with using Bash on Windows.
Whenever you want to run a bash command in windows now all you would need to do is open the command prompt in Windows and use the following command. Get feral when you answer to the greatest interview in history Share your philosophy. With the ability to install bash on windows, it would certainly save a lot of manhours and effort, making the life of people working on open source on Windows much easier.
I recommend reading this article to know more about Bash on Windows. You can get it in one click from Windows Store. There are still a few things to do however. I am installing Ubuntu using Windows Subsystem for Linux. The procedure is same for both distributions. The first thing you need to do is to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux feature from PowerShell or from the Windows feature options. If you want to utilize the GUI, you can simply search for option to get the list of Windows features to enable a few things as shown in the screenshot below.
Now, you just have to open it to access all the options. In either case, if you want to utilize the PowerShell, you can just go to the Start menu and search for PowerShell. Run it as administrator:. I have installed Ubuntu for Bash on Windows here. And which one should you use? To tell you quickly, the main difference would be in the commands for installing new packages inside these Linux subsystems. I advise going for Ubuntu in this case. You are almost there. Just search for the Linux distribution you installed in the previous step.
In my case it was Ubuntu. Bash shell will be available for use directly from the next time onwards. The reason here is that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is not enabled in your case. You should enable it as explained in step 1 of this guide. You can do that even after you have installed Linux from Windows Store.
This is because Windows Subsystem for Linux only runs on the system drive i. You should make sure that when you download Linux from the Windows Store, it is stored and installed in the C Drive. It will install an entire Ubuntu Linux system, so have patience as it will take some time in downloading and installing Linux on Windows.
Now you have a command line version of Ubuntu Linux. You can use apt to install various command line tools in it. Privacy Statement.
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