PowerShell – Install Ubuntu WSL (Linux On Windows)

If you have issues like I have had with the Windows Store this will help you to get Ubuntu WSL on Windows.

NOTE: You may need to reboot your computer after the first line.

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
#Install-WindowsFeature -Name Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1604 -OutFile ~/Downloads/ubuntu-1604.zip
New-Item -Path c:\ubuntu-1604 -ItemType Directory
Expand-Archive -Path ~/Downloads/ubuntu-1604.zip -OutputPath c:\ubuntu-1604 -Force
Set-Location c:\ubuntu-1604
& .\ubuntu1604.exe

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile ~/Downloads/ubuntu-1804.zip
New-Item -Path c:\ubuntu-1804 -ItemType Directory
Expand-Archive -Path ~/Downloads/ubuntu-1804.zip c:\ubuntu-1804
Set-Location C:\ubuntu-1804
& .\ubuntu1804.exe