What You Need to Know About Windows 10’s Bash Shell RELATED: This isn’t a, a container, or Linux software compiled for Windows (like ). Instead, Windows 10 offers a full Windows Subsystem intended for Linux for running Linux software. It’s based on Microsoft’s abandoned Project Astoria work for running Android apps on Windows. Think of it as the opposite of. While Wine allows you to run Windows applications directly on Linux, the Windows Subsystem for Linux allows you to run Linux applications directly on Windows.
Microsoft worked with Canonical to offer a full Ubuntu-based Bash shell environment that runs atop this subsystem. Technically, this isn’t Linux at all. Linux is the underlying operating system kernel, and that isn’t available here. Instead, this allows you to run the Bash shell and the exact same binaries you’d normally run on Ubuntu Linux. Free software purists often argue the average Linux operating system because it’s really a lot of GNU software running on the Linux kernel. The Bash shell you’ll get is really just all those GNU utilities and other software.
While this feature was originally called “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows,” it also allows you to. It now supports other Linux distributions, too. You can choose openSUSE Leap or SUSE Enterprise Server instead of Ubuntu, and Fedora is also on its way. There are some limitations here.
Install with snap on Ubuntu. If you are on Ubuntu or one of other Linux distributions that support snap package manager, kubectl is available as a snap application. Switch to the snap user and run the installation command. Some time ago I showed you how to install SDR# on a PC running Windows Vista or Windows 7. SDR# (‘SDR Sharp’) is one of the most popular software packages for ‘Software Defined Radio’ on Windows. To install Ubuntu Linux on a Windows computer, you'll need to create an installation key by downloading the Ubuntu installation file and burning it to a USB drive, after which point you can reboot your computer into the BIOS and select the USB drive to boot from it. In addition, while Linux applications can access the system files and pretty much everything on your main drive, you can't launch or use scripts on Windows programs. Installation instructions for the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. Download and manually unpack and install (for Windows Server - instructions here) Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and later: Install from the Microsoft Store.
This doesn’t yet support background server software, and it won’t officially work with. Not every command-line application works, either, as the feature isn’t perfect. How to Install Bash on Windows 10 RELATED: This feature doesn’t work on the 32-bit version of Windows 10, so. It’s time to if you’re still using the 32-bit version, anyway. Assuming you have 64-bit Windows, to get started, head to Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Features On Or Off. Enable the “Windows Subsystem for Linux” option in the list, and then click the “OK” button.
Click “Restart now” when you’re prompted to restart your computer. The feature won’t work until you reboot. Note: Starting with the Fall Creators Update, you no longer have to enable Developer Mode in the Settings app to use this feature. You just need to install it from.