From bc82be4344da51d8fa13bde11ba5aac0e039ce45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Ditton Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 18:51:10 -0700 Subject: adds documentation --- WSL_SETUP.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 WSL_SETUP.md (limited to 'WSL_SETUP.md') diff --git a/WSL_SETUP.md b/WSL_SETUP.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5694d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/WSL_SETUP.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Setup WSL +1. Open the `Turn Windows features on or off` page in the Control Panel +2. Enable `Window Subsystem for Linux` and `Virtual Machine Platform` +3. Restart your computer +4. Install windows terminal from the Microsoft app store. +5. Open Windows Terminal +6. Run the command `wsl --set-default-version 2` +7. Run the command `wsl --install -d Ubuntu` +8. Fill out the information when the new window opens. +9. In your ubuntu terminal create an ssh-key by running `ssh-keygen`. I would just leave everything as the default including the password empty for this key. +10. Get your public key by running `cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` in your ubuntu terminal. +11. Add that key to github. +12. In the Windows Terminal app setting set the default profile to be Ubuntu (you may need to close windows terminal and reopen it for Ubuntu to show up.) + -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2