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Martin J
Martin J

Reputation: 2159

Change bash.exe with multiple linux subsystems on windows

I first installed a Ubuntu linux subsystem with the windows store.

I then installed the hyper terminal for windows like explained in this tutorial : https://medium.com/@ssharizal/hyper-js-oh-my-zsh-as-ubuntu-on-windows-wsl-terminal-8bf577cdbd97

Like it is written in the tutorial I put C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe in the hyper configuration file.

However, afterwards, I installed another linux subsystem, Wlinux.

So now I have two subsytems located here

Wlinux : C:\Users\martinpc\AppData\Local\Packages\WhitewaterFoundryLtd.Co....

Ubuntu : C:\Users\martinpc\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_7...

However, when I open the hyper terminal, It seem like I can only access the files of the ubuntu distrib and not the Wlinux. Therefore, I would like to know how I can point Hyper to Wlinux and not Ubuntu anymore. Thank you for your answer.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1362

Answers (1)

Biswapriyo
Biswapriyo

Reputation: 4251

First of all, bash.exe has been deprecated. You should use wsl.exe in command lines. Check your installed distributions in WSL with wslconfig.exe /list /all command. Alternatively, for Windows 10 version 1903 and above, wsl.exe --list --all command can be used. Choose the distribution that you want to connect with HyperJS Terminal emulator. Open up Hyper.js configuration with Ctrl + , or open %UserProfile%\.hyper.js in any text editor. Edit the shell configuration from these two named values:

shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe',
shellArgs: ['--distribution', 'Your-Distro-Name'],

Alternatively, you can use wslconfig.exe /setdefault <DistributionName> command to change default distribution. With this step, you can skip the shellArgs line in .hyper.js configuration file.

Upvotes: 3

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