Command Line to Install Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10

Note that the following instructions are tested on Windows 10 Version 1809. If you have an earlier version, please upgrade it first.

Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux

Enter the command in the Windows PowerShell Window

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

Download Ubuntu 18.04

Open Windows PowerShell as Admin again and enter the command to download Ubuntu 18.04 and save it as Ubuntu1804.appx
```
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile Ubuntu1804.appx -UseBasicParsing
```

If you want to download other distributions, here are the list:

Install Ubuntu 18.04

Enter the following in the PowerShell (Admin) window to install Ubuntu 18.04
```
Add-AppxPackage .\Ubuntu1804.appx
```

Initialize Ubuntu

Click on the Windows logo and then Ubuntu 18.04. Follow the instructions to set up a user and initialize setup

Notes:

If you want to use and X-win applications, you will need to install Xming X server for Windows.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
Enter the following command in the Ubuntu window to set up the X-win display if you are using bash
```
echo "export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0" >> ~/.bashrc
```
The Linux directory is located at
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs
To access the Windows file system from within Ubuntu, you can access them using /mnt/c for C drive or /mnt/d for D drive

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