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jihed gasmi
jihed gasmi

Reputation: 299

Is there a portable version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux

I have Windows 8 and I'm stuck with Windows preventing me from installing WSL... I know there are many tools that emulate Linux in windows but my target is to move to other software on Windows -software that depends on WSL- so I'm looking for a version without installer to avoid the OS saying it can not setup (since WSL is not available for Windows 8).

Is there any portable version for WSL (e.g : a zip archive) that can be set up without installer and contains all the necessary files ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4879

Answers (2)

Gmanka
Gmanka

Reputation: 1

Yes, it possible to do setup ArchWSL from .zip and from .appx, but you must have:

Windows 10 1709 FCU x64 or later/ Windows 11 x64.

Windows Subsystem for Linux feature is enabled.

https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL

https://wsldl-pg.github.io/ArchW-docs/How-to-Setup

Upvotes: 0

Matteo Italia
Matteo Italia

Reputation: 126807

No. WSL requires support straight from the Windows kernel, which is not present in Windows 8. You should probably use some of the available alternatives.

Upvotes: 1

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