Many blockchains will not run on Windows due to platform specific applications. However you can utilize WSL in order to match the platform and still run natively on Windows
The following commands will **create a new user **and set the default shell to bash. Next you'll set a password for this user account and assign that user the **ability to run sudo commands **for elevated permissions
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useradd -s /bin/bash -m username
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passwd username
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usermod -aG sudo username
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Exit WSL instance, terminate and re-login using the non root account
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wsl -t ubuntu2010
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wsl -d ubuntu2010 —user username
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Install build essentials. C++ make and build tools. Required for node-gyp building of node.js binaries. Specifically sharp
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sudoaptinstall build-essential
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Installing Software
DappStarter utilizes a **node.js **runtime and will need to be pre-installed.