WSL on Windows

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Requirements

WSL creates a virtual machines, so you would need an increased amount of RAM to handle it - 32 or more GBs of RAM would be required for a problem-less experience.

Notes

Check the official guide to learn how to the basic wsl commands

Installing WSL features and components

In Terminal as administrator:

Restart your PC afterwards

Installing a WSL distro

Open Microsoft Store and install one of supported distros. The list of supported Linux distros you can find here.

Configuring RAM and CPU cores

In Start, you should now see "WSL Settings" app with a pinguin-like logo. There, you can enlarge RAM and swap. Please set the WSL's RAM at least to 26GBs, which would approximately be 26000 Megabytes.

Setting up building environment