The latest articles on DEV Community by Edson Canganjo (@edsoncanganjo). https://dev.to/edsoncanganjo https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F592017%2Fdde5841e-3135-417f-bd8e-dc5179ceccee.png https://dev.to/edsoncanganjo en Edson Canganjo Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/edsoncanganjo/wsl2-on-windows-server-2019-5281 https://dev.to/edsoncanganjo/wsl2-on-windows-server-2019-5281 <p>Did you try to install WSL2 on Windows Server 2019 through <code>wsl --install</code>?<br> Did you try to install Microsoft Store?</p> <p><strong>Unfortunately it doesn't work on Windows Server 2019.</strong></p> <p>But it has soluction.</p> <p>The solution was based on the link below:</p> <ol> <li> <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server">Microsoft</a>;</li> </ol> <p><strong>Just follow the steps:</strong><br> Those steps below needs to be done other and Administrator<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>cd C:\Users\Administrator\ </code></pre> </div> <p>Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux </code></pre> </div> <p>Download a Linux distribution<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004 -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing </code></pre> </div> <p>Extract and install a Linux distribution<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Rename-Item .\Ubuntu.appx .\Ubuntu.zip Expand-Archive .\Ubuntu.zip .\Ubuntu </code></pre> </div> <p>Add your Linux distribution path to the Windows environment PATH<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User") [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $userenv + ";C:\Users\Administrator\Ubuntu", "User") </code></pre> </div> <p>Start installation (change directory to directory where is ubuntu.exe)<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>ubuntu.exe </code></pre> </div> <p>If is it usefull, please leave your comment or suggestion.<br> If it doesn't work, let's try together</p> wsl windowsserver2019 wsl2