WSL 2 Installation in Windows11

Step 1. Enable WSL-related features by DISM

• Run Windows Terminal as administrator

  

• Enable Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux Features

$ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

• Enable the VirtualMachinePlatform feature
  • Reboot if the operation is completed successfully.

$ dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Step 2. WSL2 Kernel Update

• Install the update file from the link below.

  • URL : https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

• Open Windows terminal and change WSL version to 2.

$ wsl --set-default-version 2

• Install Ubuntu, the most popular Linux distribution, and run as administrator.

  

• In Ubuntu, Set the username and password.

• Check the currently installed version with wsl -l -v

$ wsl -l -v
  NAME      STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu    Running         2

• If it says version 1, execute the following command.

$ wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2

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• Make sure that it says version 2.

$ wsl -l -v
  NAME      STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu    Running         2

Reference

• https://www.lainyzine.com/ko/article/how-to-install-wsl2-and-use-linux-on-windows-10/#google_vignette