Open a windows cmd window: Windows logo key + R Type cmd
run as adminstrator
1 Install feature VirtualMachinePlatform
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
2 Install feature Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
3 Reboot
4 Download the kernel update for WSL2 from Microsoft
https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi
and install
5 Enable WSL 2
wsl --set-default-version 2
6 Download and install linux distribution
Optional 1: check the WSL version in cmd window
wsl --list --verbose
The output should be:
C:\Users\Irmo>wsl --list --verbose NAME STATE VERSION Ubuntu Running 2
If the number is 2 everything is OK. You can switch between version 1 and 2 any time.
Optional 2: easy access files and folders in your WSL2 ubuntu setup
Open this file location in your Windows explorer windows:
bookmarked
CAnnot acces \wsl$
Linux needs to be running in background and make sure you typed the right address: \\wsl$
Meanwhile Microsoft released a similar tutorial: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/wsl/install-win10
So bad the GPU can’t be used in WSL2. Would be game changer for tensorflow