WSL

Notes on running NixOS on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL, WSL2)

Setup

Ensure that WSL is installed and up to date

wsl --update

Download the latest release of nixos-wsl.tar.gz from the NixOS-WSL Github page.

Import the WSL container using PowerShell

wsl --import NixOS .\NixOS\ nixos-wsl.tar.gz --version 2

Usage

Start it with PowerShell

wsl -d NixOS