How to enable Bash in Windows 10 developer preview?

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Nithin K Anil picture Nithin K Anil · Apr 1, 2016 · Viewed 67.8k times · Source

I am using windows 10 developer preview Build 14295. From the Build conference I understood that we can enable bash in windows 10. But its not clear how to enable bash in windows 10.

Please find below the blog post for running bash in windows 10. Link : http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx

After turning on Developer Mode in Windows Settings and adding the Feature, run you bash and are prompted to get Ubuntu on Windows from Canonical via the Windows Store

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I enabled the developer mode. But I am not sure how to add a feature and run the bash. Kindly help.

Answer

Nithin K Anil picture Nithin K Anil · Apr 7, 2016

To enable bash in Windows 10:

  1. Click the Start button , click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
  2. Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux
  3. To get Bash installed, open Command Prompt and type “bash”

Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux Installing Ubuntu on Windows using windows store Start Bash

For More Information visit :

  1. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316
  2. Run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

In some cases, attempting to turn on Developer Mode on may crash the Settings app. If this happens, the workaround is to use these steps here to enable Developer Mode

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