WSL Setup

Install WSL using the Microsoft store.

• You can find the install link here Microsoft Store (Ubuntu)​

• You can follow the installation steps here: WSL Install Windows 10​

Alternatively you can follow the steps below to setup a secondary WSL installation

Download Image Linux Distribution Image

​https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/groovy/current/​

Import WSL Instance

wsl --import <DistributionName> <InstallLocation> <FileName>.wsl.rootfs.tar.gz 

Launch WSL Instance

wsl -d ubuntu2010

Preparing Linux Installation

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

useradd -s /bin/bash -m username
passwd username
usermod -aG sudo username

Exit WSL instance, terminate and re-login using the non root account

wsl -t ubuntu2010
wsl -d ubuntu2010 —user username

Install build essentials. C++ make and build tools. Required for node-gyp building of node.js binaries. Specifically sharp

sudo apt install build-essential

Installing Software

DappStarter utilizes a node.js runtime and will need to be pre-installed.

NVM → NODE → YARN

Install Node Version Manager (NVM)

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

It's often necessary to reset the shell to access new environment variables.

source ~/.bashrc

Install Node 14

nvm install 14

Install Yarn

npm install -g yarn

Remove WSL Instance

wsl --unregister ubuntu2010

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