The Simple Linux Interface for DEveloping on WSL (Slide Whistle!)
SlideWSL allows you to set up a WSL2 environment using a single DOS batch file that runs from CMD without user interaction.
This works because simple shell scripts and various assets are encoded into base64 chunks that become a series of variables in the lone batch file. These can then be decoded to reconstitute everything needed to provision the WSL2 distro. (Interaction may be required to confirm overwriting an existing distro and for Windows UAC popups.)
A sparse virtual hard disk image is mounted into the instance (using qemu-img in the qcow2 format); this can be disconnected, backed up, the WSL2 instance rebuilt, and then reattached without loss of project files.
This is experimental. Use at your own risk.
To quickly download the latest batch file, you can run this from CMD:
powershell iwr -uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davehasagithub/slidewsl/master/dist/getslidewsl.bat" -outfile getslidewsl.bat- First, be sure to familiarize yourself with WSL2
- See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual
- Enable Windows feature: Windows Subsystem for Linux
- And the feature: Virtual Machine Platform
- Update Subsystem for Linux: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P9TQF7MRM4R
- Install Ubuntu 22.04: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pn20msr04dw
getslidewsl.bat <username> <password>