When that is finished, grab these packages (thanks to if you don't have the gnupg, the script fails) Now that you are on version 2 open the distro app and perform an update and upgrade Wsl -set-version (In my example this would be "wsl -set-version Debian 2") If you are not on version 2, you can force it with the following command Open up powershell as admin (just in case we need to change the version) Now check to make sure the WSL is defaulted to version 2
Open up PowerShell as admin (All PowerShell references, will be "Powershell as admin", I will shorten this to PAA)ĭism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestartĭism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestartĭownload the latest WSL2 kernel and install it. Start by adding the Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Programs and Features on your Windows 10 box, NOTE you must be running: First, thank you to the following sites on guiding me through the ins and outs of this installĪdditional documentation for ParrotOS on WSL2 ( ) Prepare your Windows 10 machine