Windows (WSL) Operating System and Tools Setup

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Setup guide for using Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu for development.

Installation Hack

Welcome to your journey of setting up your Operating System and Tools! This setup process will guide you through working in a Linux terminal, managing folders, cloning a project, and adding packages.

Visual Representation of the Workflow

+-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+
|                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |
|  Linux Terminal   | ----> |  Shell Commands   | ----> |   Clone Project   | ----> |  Package Manager  | ----> |       SDLC        |
|                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |
+-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+
        |                           |                           |                           |                            |
        v                           v                           v                           v                            v
  Open Terminal              Terminal/Folder Mgmt         Clone the project          Set up and configure       Establish a development
                             Files and Folders            repository from            the tools required              workflow 
                                Management                version control             (Ruby, Python)               (SDLC) phases

Shell Commands

  • Windows: wsl, then standard Linux commands inside Ubuntu

Version Control Commands

  • git clone: Make a working copy of a git repository from the cloud to your local machine.
  • git pull: Update your local copy of the repository with changes from the cloud repository.
  • git commit: Save changes to files in your local repository.
  • git push: Send updates from your local repository to the remote repository.

Package Manager Commands – Ubuntu (apt)

  • Update package list: sudo apt update
  • Upgrade installed packages: sudo apt upgrade
  • Install a package: sudo apt install <package_name>
  • Remove a package: sudo apt remove <package_name>
  • Search for a package: apt search <package_name>
  • List installed packages: apt list --installed

Windows Setup

Install WSL and Ubuntu

  1. In PowerShell (Admin): 
    wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04

  2. Setup a username and password when prompted.

  3. To start Linux: 
    wsl
  4. Set as default: 
    wsl --set-default Ubuntu-24.04

WSL Reference Commands

  • wsl -l -o, wsl -l -v, wsl --shutdown, etc.

Install Developer Tools

cd
mkdir opencs 
cd opencs 
git clone https://github.com/open-coding-society/pages.git
cd opencs/pages/scripts
./activate_ubuntu.sh

Version Checks

ruby -v
bundle -v
python --version
jupyter --version