WSL 2 is Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can install Linux on Windows using WSL 2. And you can use Perl.
Installation of WSL 2
Let's intall WSL 2. Run the following command on Windows Command Prompt.
# Install WSL 2 wsl --install[Ubuntu](https://en.ubuntu.perlzemi.com/) is installed by default. Reboot Windows to enable WSL2. Take a few minutes. You see the following messages. #### User Name
Installing, this may take a few minutes... Please create a default UNIX user account. The username does not need to match your Windows username. For more information visit: https://aka.ms/wslusers Enter new UNIX username:
I enter the following user name as an example.
kimoto_ubuntu
By right-clicking on Ubuntu terminal, you can paste the user name.
Password
Next, set password.
The setup of Ubuntu is completed.
Boot Ubuntu
Let's boot Ubuntu.
"Start Menu" | "Ubuntu"
Checking the installation of Perl
Perl is installed by default on Ubuntu. Let's check the installation of Perl.
perl -v
The version of Perl is displayed.
This is perl 5, version 30, subversion 0 (v5.30.0) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Show files using Explore
You can see files on Ubuntu by the following path. \wsl$ is root directory of WSL 2.
\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\kimoto_ubuntu
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