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## WSL Install Guide.md

      
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Windows Subsystem for Linux [Very Easy Installation]


https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/install_guide

[Follow instructions carefully and remember your password]
[it will prompt for password]
[password will not appear while you type, just push enter when finished]


Open "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"


Run the commands formatted as code separately

(they will take a while to complete)
(the lines in [brackets] are just comments -- not commands)


Basic setup, fixing outbound connection issue and updating Linux

ing=$(hostname); str="127.0.0.1 "; echo $str$ing | sudo tee --append /etc/hosts;
[appends localhost with your computers "name" to the hosts file]
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties curl wget -y
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
[we'll install node later, ignore the message for now]


Yarn Package Manager for Node

[YARN IS THE SAME AS NPM BUT FASTER AND SAFER FOR SHARED DEVELOPMENT]
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt-get update


Installing various Linux packages that we need

sudo apt-get install git-core nodejs silversearcher-ag yarn zsh toilet libaa-bin -y
chsh -s $(which zsh) # this doesn’t really work, run it anyways
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"


Force Bash to run ZSH as default environment (patch for windows)

nano ~/.bashrc
[opens the file located at /home/$(whoami)/.bashrc in a text editor]
[push enter to create a new line at the top of the file, then keyboard arrow up]
[add the following to line 1 of ~/.bashrc]
bash -c zsh
[save the file: on your keyboard, press CTRL+X, then Y, then ENTER]
[I know, it doesn’t really make sense to anyone, but that saves the file and exits back to the command line]
[exit out of bash and re-open]
[if asked, pick option ZERO]


Install "n" node version manager with Yarn (from npm repository)

sudo yarn global add n
sudo n latest


Finishing up, lets update your ZSHRC file with some useful aliases

[run the following line to backup your current configuration file and create a new one]
[feel free to follow the link and look it over, its mostly just aliases]
mv ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.original && wget -O ~/.zshrc https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kevbost/eaa4e466565e193d4a21a45ab3bc44ec/raw


Yay linux!

[try this one, I think you'll like it – but it may or may not work for you]
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
[this is a good one too]
toilet lol toilet
[and this]
sudo apt-get install sl && sl


Selection of aliases

edit [open the ~/.zshrc file in nano]
reload [reload the ~/.zshrc configuration file]
update [sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade –y]
la [ls –lAh (lists file in directory in vertical list form with details)]
gs [git status]
ws [cd /mnt/c/Workspace]