wsl --install
wsl --update
wsl --online
to view a list of distributions availablewsl --install -d <distribution name>
to install desired distroTo enable use of Linux GUI apps, do the following
sudo apt update && sudo apt ugprade
sudo apt install mesa-utils
sudo apt install <gui app package>
In order to use a full Linux desktop environment, you need to do some configuration.
sudo apt install xrdp dbus-x11 xfce4
(this will install the XFCE4 desktop environment).cp /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini.bak
sudo sed -i 's/3389/3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/#max_bpp=32\nmax_bpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/xserverbpp=24/#xserverbpp=24\nxserverbpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo systemctl enable dbus
sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start