Set up WSL development environment

Microsoft guide to setting up WSL

1. Install Windows Terminal from the Microsoft store

2. Either

   • Install Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS from the Microsoft store

     Or

   • In powershell run the command wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04. Run wsl --list –online to list possible distributions that can be used with WSL

3. Set a username and password etc (click open if installed via Microsoft Store first)

4. Check that 20.04 WSL Version 2 is your default environment by running in Powershell wsl -l –v

   • If not set correctly, run in Powershell wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

5. To enable copy/pasting in Ubuntu: right-click on the top bar -> properties -> tick 'Use Ctrl+Shift+C/V as Copy/Paste'.

6. Install your basic development tools by running in Ubuntu (in order)

   • sudo apt update

   • sudo apt install nodejs git npm curl

   • sudo npm install -g yarn

   • curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash

   • source ~/.bashrc

   • nvm install node

7. Install google-chrome on WSL

   • In Ubuntu run google-chrome. A GUI window with linux chrome will open
   • if it doesn't open, run wsl --update and then wsl --shutdown in powershell. Get GUI working in WSL

8. In windows Visual Studio Code install the extension Remote Development

   • if you want to use any other extension in WSL Ubuntu Land you will need to install the WSL version

9. Clone repos in Ubuntu

   • Scott Logic Fork of Vuu

   • Mock Javascript Server (this is a mock javascript server to return data for the tables)

10. In Ubuntu navigate to repo and run code .