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| ===== Updating WSL and ubuntu ===== | ===== Updating WSL and ubuntu ===== | ||
| - | <note tip>You don't have to worry about this if you have just installed WSL+Ubuntu!</note> | + | <note tip>You don't have to worry about the //Upgrade// section if you have just installed WSL+Ubuntu, because you are already using the latest Ubuntu stable release!</note> |
| ==== WSL ==== | ==== WSL ==== | ||
| - | WSL is automatically updated when Windows 10 is updated | + | **Nothing to do!** WSL is automatically updated, provided you have **enabled** the [[other:win10maintain#updating_microsoft_office|Get updates for other Microsoft products]] option |
| [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config#managing-multiple-linux-distributions| WSL command line options]] | [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config#managing-multiple-linux-distributions| WSL command line options]] | ||
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| It is not possible to **stop or reboot WSL** like a regular Linux computer | It is not possible to **stop or reboot WSL** like a regular Linux computer | ||
| * ''shutdown -r now'' will generate an error message | * ''shutdown -r now'' will generate an error message | ||
| - | * WSL keeps on running even when all the terminals are closed | + | * WSL keeps on running even when all the Linux terminals are closed |
| - | Shutting down or rebooting the Windows computer will of course stop WSL but it's useful to be able to only stop/restart WSL in order to: | + | Shutting down or rebooting the Windows computer will of course stop WSL but it's useful to be able to just stop/restart WSL in order to: |
| * force WSL to **recognize new disk drives** and make them available as ''/mnt/<new_drive_letter'' | * force WSL to **recognize new disk drives** and make them available as ''/mnt/<new_drive_letter'' | ||
| * force WSL to recognize drives that were still encrypted when the first WSL terminal was opened | * force WSL to recognize drives that were still encrypted when the first WSL terminal was opened | ||
| - | WSL can be stopped the following way. Warning: all the opened terminals and running processes will be terminated! | + | WSL can be stopped the following way. Warning: all the open terminals and running processes will be terminated! |
| * from a Windows terminal (''cmd'', ''PowerShell'', ... no need to run as administrator): | * from a Windows terminal (''cmd'', ''PowerShell'', ... no need to run as administrator): | ||
| - | * Get the name of the installed (and running) Linux: **''wsl %%--%%list %%--%%all''** | + | * Get the name of the installed (and running) Linux: **''wsl %%--%%list %%--%%verbose''** |
| - | * Stop this instance of Linux (e.g. if it is named //Ubuntu//): **''wsl %%--%%terminate Ubuntu''** | + | * Stop //this instance// of Linux (e.g. if it is named //Ubuntu//): **''wsl %%--%%terminate Ubuntu''** |
| + | * or Stop //all// the currently running Linux distributions: **''wsl %%--%%shutdown''** | ||
| - | Alternative (and less convenient) ways: | ||
| - | * from the //Services// tab of the Task manager or the //Services// program (launch ''services.msc'') | ||
| - | * Right-click on the ''LxssManager'' service and select //Restart// | ||
| - | * from a //Powershell// in admin mode (right-click on the Windows //Start// button) | ||
| - | * Type ''Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service'' | ||
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| - | Source: google ''wsl lxssmanager'' ([[https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how-to-reboot-wsl-windows-subsystem-linux-in-windows-10.html|most usable answer]]) | ||
| ==== Creating a backup of the Linux running in WSL ==== | ==== Creating a backup of the Linux running in WSL ==== | ||
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