This is a collection of utilities for Windows 10 Linux Subsystem, such as converting WSL path to Windows path or creating your favorite linux GUI application shortcuts on Windows 10 Desktop. Requires Windows 10 Creators Update.
Feature
wslusc A WSL shortcut creator to create a shortcut on your Windows 10 Desktop.
wslsys A WSL system information printer to print out system informations from Windows 10 or Linux.
wslfetch A WSL Screenshoot Information Tool to print information in an elegant way.
wslvar A WSL tool to help you get Windows system environment variables.
wslview A fake WSL browser that can help you open link in default Windows browser.
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Status
| Service | Master | Develop | |
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| License Check | FOSSA |  |
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| Code Quality | CodeFactor |  |
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| Testing | AppVeyor | ||
| Deployment | CircleCI |  |
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Installation
MinLinux/Fedora Remix
Preinstalled in WLinux and Fedora Remix for WSL.
Ubuntu
Preinstalled in the latest apps. On older installations please install ubuntu-wsl that depends on wslu:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-wsl
For other Debian-based systems(Debian/Kali Linux)
You can download the .deb package from release and install it using sudo dpkg -i wslu*.
Debian
You can use the following command for easy installation:
$ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/warexify/wslu/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
For RPM-based systems(OpenSUSE/SLES/MinLinux Enterprise/Oracle Linux)
You can use the following command for easy installation:
$ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/warexify/wslu/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
You can download the .rpm package from release and install it using sudo rpm -ivh "wslu*".
Arch Linux
wslu is live on AUR. You can download PKGBUILD and install manually or install via PKGBUILD helpers like yay.
Alpine Linux
You can now install wslu from Alpine Linux testing with following way:
$ echo "@testing http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apk/repositories
$ sudo apk update
$ sudo apk add wslu@testing
You can also download the .apk package from release and install it using sudo apk add --allow-untrusted "wslu*".
Other distributions
⚠ Not Recommend
curl | bashmethod is not secure. Related article
Run the following command in your preferred distro: curl -sL https://wslu.patrickwu.space/install | bash
Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [Contribute].
License & Credits
This project uses GPLv3 License.
Logo of WSL Utilities is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 International License.
Assets
Tux logo used in \src\etc\wsl.ico was originally made by Larry Ewing in the Gimp and re-illustrated in vector by Garrett LeSage, using Inkscape.
Some of wslfetch ASCII Arts comes from neofetch with MIT License and screenFetch with GPLv3 License.
MinLinux Logo used in wslfetch ASCII art is ASCII version of the artwork by Dennis D. Bednarz, with use permission from Whitewater Foundry.
WLinux Logo used in wslfetch ASCII art is ASCII version of the artwork by Larry Ewing.