how to install Windows Subsystem Linux on Windows¶

This is one way Windows Subsystem Linux on a Windows computer so you can use Linux

Make sure your computer runs Windows 11

search for Turn on windows features
click Search at bottom of screen
click Turn on or off Windows Features
Make sure the following have check marks to the left of them
- Hyper V
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Subsystem Linux
- Windows Hypervisor Platform
Click OK to apply the changes
Open Microsoft Store
Search for Debian

Tip

You can use any Linux Distribution you want, Windows Subsystem Linux installs Ubuntu by default
Click Get to install
When the installation is successful the computer will ask you for a USERNAME, use something you will remember
Next it will ask for a password, use something you will remember

Attention

the terminal will not show any text while you type your password, hit enter/return when done and it will ask you to retype the password to confirm it
after installing Windows Subsystem Linux open Visual Studio Code and install the WSL extension
Press F1 on the keyboard while is Visual Studio Code and select WSL:Connect to WSL to open a terminal in Windows Subsystem Linux
Open a terminal then type this to update the Linux package manager
```
sudo apt update
```

type this in the terminal to install Python

sudo apt install python3 python3-venv --yes