Tick the box next to the option that reads: “Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta)”. Once you have Developer Mode enabled, open the Start Menu and search for “ Turn Windows Features On or Off“.Ī window will open. To do this on Windows go to Settings > Update & Security > For Developers > Developer Mode. If you want to play with features aimed at developers you gotta enable developer mode first. The new ‘Windows 10 Anniversary Update’ installed ( see here for details)Įnable Bash on Windows 10 Bash in 5 Easy Steps.A 64-bit PC running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 (sorry 32-bit users).
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How to Enable Ubuntu on Bash on Windows 10 Prerequisites This enables you to use Windows apps and Linux command-line tools on the same set of files if you wish.’ They add that it ‘allows you to run Linux command-line tools and apps alongside your Windows command-line, desktop and store apps, and to access your Windows files from within Linux. The subsystem as a whole requires ‘fewer resources than a full virtualized machine’, say Microsoft. It runs atop a Linux-compatible kernel interface which, to confuse you further, does not use Linux code. Microsoft teamed up with Canonical to include a full Ubuntu-based Bash shell in Windows 10 Anniversary Update. What it is is a way to run (mostly terminal-based) Linux applications and Bash commands natively on Windows, with access to the Windows File System. You’re here to learn about how to enable Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10 anniversary update, and I’m here to tell you.īut - first - before we dive in to the how-to I want to make sure that your expectations about what Bash on Windows is and isn’t are in tune with reality. Microsoft calls this the “Windows Subsystem for Linux”, but we prefer to (incorrectly) call it the “Linux Subsystem for Windows 10” because those words in that order make most sense when we talk about it. Windows 10 Anniversary Update is here, and it’s rolling out now.Īmong the new features it brings is Bash for Windows - an Ubuntu-based tool that lets you run familiar Linux apps on Windows natively.