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[windows] Steps to install WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

created:2025/10/30 updated:2025/11/05

overview

Please follow the video below to set it up. The video is divided into three parts.

  1. preparation of installation
  2. Installing WSL2
  3. WSL2 settings

※1 Before installation, you can launch the Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar. If virtualization is disabled, you must enable it in the firmware’s BIOS/UEFI. Use the following command in PowerShell to obtain and search for the computer name and find the virtualization setup method that suits your computer.

(Get-CimInstance　Win32_ComputerSystem).Model

Search example: PC name virtualization

※2 The command strings used in the WSL2 installation video are listed below. Please feel free to copy and paste them.

wsl --install

※3 Below are the command strings used in the WSL2 configuration video. Please feel free to copy and paste them.

wsl --list --verbose
wsl.exe --list --online
wsl.exe --install Ubuntu-22.04