Two or more WSLs installed from Microsoft Store, such as Ubuntu.

Download and install the Linux kernel update package.

You’ll need a few prerequisites before proceeding with Docker: To put this in simple terms, you can use Linux containers inside other WSL containers inside Windows without emulation. To give you an overview, Docker uses WSL 2 in Windows and provides the ability to leverage Linux workspaces, alleviating you from the maintenance of both Linux and Windows build scripts. These command lines don’t support the auto-completion of Docker commands, making it more tricky. Docker Integrationĭocker might be a little confusing for beginners, primarily if you use Command Prompt/PowerShell. The command prompt is opened in another tab.You can read more about these command-line arguments in Microsoft Documentation to personalize Windows Terminal more.

To open another console, in a new tab, click on the chevron at the top right of the last tab then click on the type of console you want to open it. On launch Windows Terminal opens with a PowerShell prompt.

Subsequently, you will find Windows Terminal in the Start menu Use Windows Terminal Once the application is installed, click on the Launch button to open it. Wait while Windows Terminal is downloaded and installed on your computer.

On the application page, click on the Install button. In the search box at the top right, search for Windows Terminal then click on the application or access its page. It is also possible to customize the application by adding, for example, fast SSH connections to other computer equipment.įrom the Start menu, open the Microsoft Store application. Windows Terminal is an application which groups together all the command windows (CMD, PowerShell, WSL) in a single application and which allows tabbed browsing as in Internet browsers, which allows in an application to have several PowerShell windows for example what is practical on a daily basis. In this “how to” tutorial, I will explain how to install the Windows Terminal application available on Windows 10.īefore launching into the “technical” part, I will first introduce you to Windows Terminal.

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