NikiYani / workspace-management-toolkit

A set of scripts for quick installation, configuration, copying distributions for WSL

Workspace management toolkit

WSL Presets

System requirements: Windows 10 (build 19041 or higher), Windows 11.

1. Update Windows first (Windows Update Center).

2. If WSL has not been installed before, then you need to use the following command in PowerShell with administrator rights:

wsl --install

You will also need to reboot the system.

How do I check if wsl is already installed? Enter the following command, which should list the available distributions:

wsl --list --online

3. Use the pre-configuration script with setting the parameter to run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.\wslScripts\preconfiguringWsl.ps1

4. Updating WSL for 64-bit OS and switching to WSL2:

.\wslScripts\updateWslAndSetWsl2.ps1

Installing the Ubuntu distribution

Parameters passed to the script:

DistributionName [string] - Specify the name of the distribution that will be displayed later in the wsl --list
InstallLocation [string] - Specify the path to install
UserName [string] - Specify the username in the system
UserPassword [string] - Set the password for the system 
DevTools [boolean] - Choose whether or not to install additional packages

.\installUbuntu22.ps1 UbuntuDev .\UbuntuDev NikiYani **** $True

More information can be obtained here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/wsl/install