WSL2 setup

Install WSL2

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/setup/environment

1. Install WSL2 in powershell

wsl --install   (for the default distribution)

or

wsl --list --online   (list the distribution options)
wsl -l -o
wsl --install -d <Distribution Name>  (install with specific distribution options)

2 After install WSL2

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

3. Install docker without docker desktop

• https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/install-docker-in-wsl-2-without-docker-desktop

4. Install SDKMAN (Java, maven, gradle)

• https://sdkman.io/install

curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
sdk version

SDKMAN .bashrc config

#THIS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE FILE FOR SDKMAN TO WORK!!!
export SDKMAN_DIR="$HOME/.sdkman"
[[ -s "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" ]] && source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"

5. Install pnpm

• https://pnpm.io/installation

pnpm .bashrc config

# pnpm
export PNPM_HOME="/home/<your wsl linux user name>/.local/share/pnpm"
case ":$PATH:" in
  *":$PNPM_HOME:"*) ;;
  *) export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH" ;;
esac
# pnpm end

6. setup Github account SSH

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<your github email name>"
/home/<your wsl linux user name>/.ssh/github_<your wsl linux user name>_ed25519
Enter passphrase (password of github account)
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_<your wsl linux user name>_ed25519
ls -al ~/.ssh
cat ~/.ssh/github_<your wsl linux user name>_ed25519.pub   <- then copy the content and add to github SSH
login github, SSH and GPG keys, New SSH key
paste contents

update .bashrc to start ssh-agent every time when open a new terminal

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_<your wsl linux user name>_ed25519

Setup

NOTE: to store your project

\\wsl$\<DistroName>\home\<UserName>\Project