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    Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 Server

Microsoft seems to prefer you installed WSL through their Windows Store, but the
problem is that this Store does not exist on the server versions of Windows 10.
This gist is therefore my notes on how to install it manually, using PowerShell.
The official guide is already quite short and informative, so this will
basically just be a recap with some informative notes throughout.
Enable WSL


Start PowerShell as an Administrator by opening the start menu and right
clicking the program.
Execute the following command:

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

Reboot

Install a Linux Distro


Go to this link and download the Linux distro you want.
Rename the downloaded .appx file to .zip and extract it.
Move this extracted folder somewhere you would like on you computer
(e.g. ~/WSL/Ubuntu)
Run the .exe file that is located inside this folder
(e.g. ~/WSL/Ubuntu/ubuntu.exe)
Wait for installation to finish and then add a user and a password for the
Linux environment.


⚠️ Do not move or rename this folder, as this will break the file
system used by the distro.

You can now start this environment by just typing bash inside a PowerShell
terminal. For additional modifications that can be made, read the info about
multiple distros below.

ℹ️ For your own sanity I would recommend turning off the
notification sound that the terminal makes every time you tab or backspace
wrong. Uncomment the line set bell-style none in the /etc/inputrc file
while inside the Ubuntu environment.

Using Multiple Linux Distros

You may extract and install all the available distributions from the
official list, however, only one of them will be launched when you type
bash in a PowerShell terminal. The one that is started is the (Default)
environment, and it can be identified by executing:
wslconfig /l

Changing the default may be done through the following command (Ubuntu-18
comes from the command above)

wslconfig /s Ubuntu-18

When multiple environments are available, you may want to add all the distro
paths to the Windows environment PATH. Here I use
C:\Users\Administrator\Ubuntu as an example of one distro's path).

$userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $userenv + "C:\Users\Administrator\Ubuntu", "User")
You may now start the Ubuntu environment by typing ubuntu.exe inside a
PowerShell terminal. Adding more paths will then allow you to start each
separate environment by then typing the .exe name.
Uninstall a Linux Distro

If you have not moved the folder where the distro is installed,
removing it is easy.

List all installed distros by running the following from a PowerShell
terminal:

wslconfig /l

Remove any of the above listed by running the following (Ubuntu-18 comes
from the listing):

wslconfig /u Ubuntu-18