Windows 10: How to create a WSL package?

Hi,

I was reading the "readme" at https://github.com/microsoft/WSL-DistroLauncher

And it said to "reach out" for help with creating a WSL distro.

I joined (paid) the developer program. I have searched a bit, and I can't find WSL support.

Please help.

Thanks!!!

Peace
- John

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WSL in windows Store

Actually, this is a consumer-oriented forum for general Windows 10 questions.

As WSL concerns mostly developers and Enterprise, I suggest asking there.

 

Recovering Debian WSL after restting PC

Hi stéphane70,

Thank you for sharing a few details about yout concern. To get your Debian WSL
installed on your Windows 10, I recommend the steps suggested on this article. You might also want to check the
distros available after the installation for your reference. If you still get the same error
message, I advise that you perform a clean boot first and seek if the issue still re-occurs. There might
be a program that is preventing your WSL to be installed. However, if you still get the same issue, then the next steps is
creating a new user profile and naming it as
test. By doing so, we'd be able to eliminate the possibility of a certain setting hindering the installation.

I'll be waiting for the results and your response to assist you for there.

 

How to configure WSL Ubuntu (or any WSL distro) to use a NAT virtual network

I've installed WSL Ubuntu on my Windows 10 laptop and it is running fine.

However, it is not able to access anything on the Internet at port 80 and so forth. I cannot use apt package installer to install any software at all.

My host laptop Windows environment has no problem, of course, with Internet access.

Info I've gleaned is that WSL is being blocked by a firewall. Am using Kaspersky as mandated by internal corporate policy. I've added an exception rule for WSL but that has no positive effect on the problem. Additional info I've gleaned is that others have
had same experience - unfortunately this doesn't allow programs running in WSL virtualization any access out to the public Internet.

The latest info I could find is that WSL just flat out won't work with several prominent Windows firewall apps unless they are disabled of even uninstalled (not a possible option for me).

So I followed these instructions and created a NAT virtual network:
Set up a NAT network

Got that created with no problem and it shows up as eth3 interface on my laptop.

Remaining instructions at the above link talk about how to get Docker for Windows and other Hyper-V VMs to use this NAT. However, I can't find anything that instructs how to setup WSL to do so. WSL evidently can't be managed in same manner as other Hyper-V
VMs.

Presumably the iptables or ip command to setup routing could be used to do this in the Ubuntu Linux environment, but that is where am appealing for help from anyone that knows how to do this in respect to WSL.