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Windows Subsystem for Linux2019/02/11

 
Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature to use Linux on Windows Server.
[1] Run PowerShell with Admin Privilege and Configure.
Windows PowerShell
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# install WSL (for question, answer [Y] to restart computer)
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux 

Do you want to restart the computer to complete this operation now?
[Y] Yes  [N] No  [?] Help (default is "Y"): Y

Path          :
Online        : True
RestartNeeded : True

# for example, download Ubuntu 18.04
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804" -OutFile "ubuntu-1804.zip" 
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Expand-Archive ubuntu-1804.zip 
PS C:\Users\Administrator> cd ubuntu-1804 
PS C:\Users\Administrator\ubuntu-1804> .\ubuntu1804.exe 
Installing, this may take a few minutes...

Please create a default UNIX user account. The username does not need to match your Windows username.
For more information visit: https://aka.ms/wslusers
Enter new UNIX username: ubuntu     # set default user account (any name you like)
Enter new UNIX password:            # set default user password
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Installation successful!
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

# for Windows resource, it is mounted on [/mnt/c], possible to access
ubuntu@RX-7:~$ df -h 
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs           80G   16G   65G  20% /
none             80G   16G   65G  20% /dev
none             80G   16G   65G  20% /run
none             80G   16G   65G  20% /run/lock
none             80G   16G   65G  20% /run/shm
none             80G   16G   65G  20% /run/user
C:               80G   16G   65G  20% /mnt/c

ubuntu@RX-7:~$ ls -l /mnt/c 
ls: cannot access '/mnt/c/pagefile.sys': Permission denied
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Sep 12 22:26 '$Recycle.Bin'
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu  12 Feb 25  2019 'Documents and Settings' -> /mnt/c/Users
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Sep 15  2018  PerfLogs
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Feb 25  2019 'Program Files'
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Sep 15  2018 'Program Files (x86)'
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Apr  8 20:49  ProgramData
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Feb 25  2019  Recovery
d--x--x--x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Feb 25  2019 'System Volume Information'
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Sep 12 22:26  Users
drwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 512 Sep 13  2019  Windows

# to access Linux resource with root priviledge, use [$ sudo (command)] with a user you added on initial use
ubuntu@RX-7:~$ sudo ls -la /root 
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
total 4
drwx------ 1 root root  512 Jul 25  2018 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  512 Sep 12 22:49 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3106 Apr  9  2018 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  148 Aug 17  2015 .profile
Windows Subsystem for Linux (GUI)
 
On GUI configuration, set like follows.
[2] Run [Start] - [Server Manager] and enter [Add roles and features], then check a box [Windows Subsystem for Linux] on [Select features] section and install it. After installing, restart Computer. Next, it needs to operate with commands, refer to [1].
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