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richardbakos-nmdoh / WSL-Local-Development-Environment-Setup-Guide.md
Last active May 8, 2024 22:56 — forked from resonancedesigns/WSL-Local-Development-Environment-Setup-Guide.md
A complete guide for setting up a WSL development environment. Right now it only covers the LAMP stack but guidance for a MERN stack is in the works.

WSL Local Development Environment Setup Guide

Prerequisites

This guide assumes you have the following:

  • A computer with Hyper-V support enabled in your BIOS. Consult your motherboard manufactures documentation to verify that your motherboard supports Hyper-V and how to enable it.
  • At least 1GB of free space on your C: drive but realistically you'll need plenty more to do any actual work in WSL.
  • Windows 10 May 2020 (2004), Windows 10 May 2019 (1903), or Windows 10 November 2019 (1909).
  • Local admin permissions for your Windows user account
  • Virtual Machine Platform enabled in Windows features.