Microsoft joined hands with Canonical (A Ubuntu parent company) to make Windows more user-friendly. It has a lot of perks as a developer and can access a whole range of Ubuntu command-line tools and utilities with Windows.It might look like a small change by Microsoft, but it’s a huge leap in making Windows more user-friendly (as mentioned) for the open-source community. With a great ability to install Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10, it helps in saving a lot of man-hours and efforts to make the work of people working on open source much easier.
What is Ubuntu Bash?
Bash is a command-line interpreter that is used by different flavors of Linux. It acts as an interface to the operating system. If you have used Ubuntu earlier, you might have sound knowledge on how Bash works. The name Bash is elaborated as Bourne-Again Shell.
Why Install Ubuntu Bash on your Windows 10 computer?
As some know, the Windows operating system has a PowerShell that itself is a command line, allowing the system administrators to perform different administrative tasks. Having the Bash shell integrated within Windows removes the extra work the developers have to keep track of to use the same programming languages on Windows.
Let’s have a look at how we can install Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10 and take full advantage of the feature.
- First things first, open Settings on your Windows computer (Windows + I).
- In the left pane, scan down and select For Developers.
- Under Use developer features, click the radio button for Developer mode.
Configure Windows Features
- Click the search bar located next to the Windows icon.
- Type Features.
- Select the option by the name Turn Windows features on or off.
- Click Open.
- The Windows Features window will open.
- Scroll down and click the checkbox for the options: Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- Click the OK button.
Use a command-line for Windows PowerShell
- Click the search bar and type Windows PowerShell.
- When the search result appears, perform a right-click and select Run as Administrator.
- Once PowerShell opens, use the following command line.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -norestart dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all
- Press the Enter button.
- Press the Y key to confirm the choice.
- Restart your Windows 10 computer.
Download Linux from Windows Store
- Open the Microsoft Store on your Windows computer to install Ubuntu Bash on windows 10.
- Type Linux in the search bar and press Enter.
- Open the Ubuntu app.
- Click Install.
How to install Bash on Windows 10
- Open the Ubuntu file on your computer.
- The installation process will take some time.
- Later on, you have to set up a username and password.
With the simplest procedures explained in this article, you can install Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10 computer. If you have any doubts that need to be answered, kindly click the CALL button on this page. Our dedicated hotline will help you with the same.