1. Turn on Developer Mode:
   • Open Settings -> Update and Security -> For developers
   • Select the Developer Mode radio button
2. Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature:
   • From Start, search for “Turn Windows features on or off” (type ‘turn’)
   • Select Windows Subsystem for Linux (beta)
3. Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature (command-line)

   $ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

4. Run Bash on Windows:

   $ bash

The installation location is %localappdata%\lxss\

See MSDN.

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Category: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
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