Tech - WSL - Windows Subsystem for Linux

Joshua D

Oct 30, 2023 • 1 min read

Some prerequisites:

You must have Virtualisation Technology Enabled in your UEFI BIOS.

Using Windows 10, I seemed to hit some issues, that when attempting to install I would hit the detailed exception 'Unspecified error'.

Executing these two did resolve the issue.

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


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

So, let's, use Ubuntu 22.04 under Windows.

To begin the installation type:

wsl --install

UAC will ask if you'd like to continue.

Right, at this point it's time to reboot your workstation.

Once rebooted run:

wsl

You'll be prompted for a username/password.

And boom! There we are at an Ubuntu 22.04 terminal.