In this post I will demonstrate how to update the Windows Subsystem for Linux - WSL to version 2 aka WSL2. Once updated, I will demonstrate how to configure Docker to use WSL2 to r...
Updated Dec 01, 2020
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Using WSL2 in a Docker Linux container on Windows to run a Minecraft Java Edition
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Thank you for an easy to follow guide. I'm still going through this and want to point out that on Step 6
6 - Set your distribution version to WSL 2
It might help to tell the reader how to find out what Linux distro they already installed if it's not a fresh install. It took me a bit to figure out since I thought my distro was Ubuntu-22.04.1. The conversion command to WSL 2 came back with "There is no distribution with the supplied name." So here's how I figured out the distro name is just Ubuntu on my system using this command:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --all
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu (Default)
Then I was able to upgrade to WSL 2 with the correct distro name:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
Conversion in progress, this may take a few minutes...
For information on key differences with WSL 2 please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2
Conversion complete.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>