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WSLU WSL Utilities - WSLU - WSL Utilities - https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu

This is a collection of utilities for Windows 10 Linux Subsystem, such as retrieving Windows 10 environment variables or creating your favorite Linux GUI application shortcuts on Windows 10 Desktop.

Requires Windows 10 Creators Update; Some of the feature requires a higher version of Windows 10; Supports WSL2.

• wslusc - A WSL shortcut creator to create a shortcut on your Windows 10 Desktop.

• wslsys - A WSL system information printer to print out system information from Windows 10 or WSL.

• wslfetch - A WSL screenshot information tool to print information in an elegant way.

• wslvar - A WSL tool to help you get Windows system environment variables.

• wslview - With alias wview / wslstart / wstart - A fake WSL browser that can help you open link in default Windows browser or open files on Windows.

• wslupath - ⚠ Deprecated - A WSL tool to convert path styles.

• wslact - A set of quick actions for WSL such as quickly mounting all drives or manually sync time between Windows and WSL.

• Alpine Linux - You can install wslu on Alpine Linux 3.12+ with the following command: sudo apk add wslu

• Arch Linux - AUR version of wslu is pulled due to that it violated its policy. Download the latest package from release and install using the command: sudo pacman -U *.zst

• CentOS / RHEL / Oracle Linux - Add the repository for the corresponding Linux distribution:

• CentOS 7: sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.[[opensuse]].org/[[repositories]]/home:/wslutilities/CentOS_7/home:wslutilities.repo

• CentOS 8:
  • sudo dnf install -y epel-release
  • sudo dnf config-manager –set-enabled PowerTools
  • sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/CentOS_8/home:wslutilities.repo

• Oracle Linux 7:
  • sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/RHEL_7/home:wslutilities.repo

• Oracle Linux 8:
  • sudo dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
  • sudo subscription-manager repos –enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(/bin/arch)-rpms
  • sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/CentOS_8/home:wslutilities.repo

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:
  • sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/RHEL_7/home:wslutilities.repo

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
  • sudo dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
  • sudo subscription-manager repos –enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-$(/bin/arch)-rpms
  • sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/CentOS_8/home:wslutilities.repo

Then install with the command sudo yum install wslu.

• Debian - You can install wslu with the following commands:
  • sudo apt install gnupg2 apt-transport-https
  • wget -O - https://pkg.wslutiliti.es/[[public.key]] | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wslu.asc
  • echo “deb https://pkg.wslutiliti.es/debian buster main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt install wslu

• Fedora:
  • sudo dnf copr enable wslutilities/wslu
  • sudo dnf install wslu

• Fedora Remix for WSL: Preinstalled.

• Kali Linux - You can install wslu with the following command:
  • sudo apt install gnupg2 apt-transport-https
  • wget -O - https://pkg.wslutiliti.es/public.key | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wslu.asc
  • echo “deb https://pkg.wslutiliti.es/kali kali-rolling main” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt install wslu

• Pengwin - Preinstalled.

• Pengwin Enterprise 7 - You can install wslu with the following command:
  • sudo yum install wslu

• Pengwin Enterprise 8 - Add the EPEL repository:
  • sudo dnf install -y epel-release

You can install wslu with the following command:

• sudo dnf install -y wslu

• Ubuntu:

Attention!

For Ubuntu version, you should not only report bugs here but also report bugs at Launchpad.

Preinstalled in the latest apps. On older installations of Ubuntu please install ubuntu-wsl that depends on wslu:

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install ubuntu-wsl

To install the latest version before wslu reaches main repository, you can install via our PPA: https://[[launchpad.net]]/~wslutilities/+archive/ubuntu/wslu

• OpenSUSE: You can install wslu with the following command:
  • sudo zypper addrepo ]https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/home:wslutilities.repo
  • sudo zypper up
  • sudo zypper in wslu

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - You can install wslu with the following command:
  • SLESCUR_VERSION=“$(grep VERSION= /etc/os-release | sed -e s/VERSION=//g -e s/\”//g -e s/-/_/g)“
  • sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/wslutilities/SLE_$SLESCUR_VERSION/home:wslutilities.repo
  • sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/SLE_12_SP3_Backports/graphics.repo
  • sudo zypper up
  • sudo zypper in wslu

Other Linux distributions - ⚠ Not Recommended

curl | bash method is not secure. Related article at https://sandstorm.io/news/2015-09-24-is-curl-bash-insecure-pgp-verified-install

You can install wslu with the following command on your preferred distribution: curl -sL https://raw.[[githubusercontent.com]]/wslutilities/wslu/master/extras/scripts/wslu-install | bash

License & Credits

This project uses GPLv3 License.

Logo of WSL Utilities and icons for wslusc desktop shortcuts are licensed under CC BY 4.0 International License.

For other third party files and assets used, please refer to THIRD_PARTY_LICENSE.

Fair Use Sources:

• https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu