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Installing Windows-SubModule-Linux (WSL) manually on another drive
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# Guide: Installing WSL manually on a non-system drive
## 1. Enable the WSL subsystem.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
## 2. Create an installation directory
New-Item D:\Ubuntu -ItemType Directory
Set-Location D:\Ubuntu
## 3. Download a Linux distribution
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing
Rename-Item .\Ubuntu.appx Ubuntu.zip
Expand-Archive .\Ubuntu.zip -Verbose -DestinationPath .\
## 4. Install the Linux distribution
.\ubuntu1804.exe
## 5. Check Installation
wslconfig /list /all
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rrmistry commented Jun 4, 2019

Inspired by @Sebazzz. Thank you very much!
See original source: https://damsteen.nl/blog/2018/08/29/installing-wsl-manually-on-non-system-drive

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Sebazzz commented Jun 4, 2019

Awesome!

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