====== 'bash' with Windows 10 (WSL) ======


Reminder on how to get //bash// under a __french__ //Windows// 10.

==== Activation ====

  * Search ''Développeur'',
  * launch ''Pour les paramètres du développeur'',
  * select ''Mode développeur'',
  * confirm //Activer le mode développeur ?// (click on ''Oui''),
  * search ''fonctionnalités Windows'',
  * launch ''Activer ou désactiver des fonctionnalités Windows'',
  * select ''Sous-système Windows pour Linux (bêta)'',
  * reboot,
  * search and launch ''bash'',
  * follow instructions.

''aptitude'' is installed (it seems no more to be the case with the last version of //Windows//, so you have to install it with ''apt-get''), so you can use it as installation tool (launch with ''sudo'').

The root installation directory of this //(GNU/)Linux// is at :

''C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\lxss''

To manage this //application//, use the ''lxrun'' command (as //Administrator//). See below for an example.

==== Reinstallation ====

Under a //DOS// as //Administrator// :

  * ''lxrun /uninstall /full'' to delete the application and the //home// directory,
  * ''lxrun /install'' to install the application, or click the shortcut to //bash// if it remains from a previous installation.

==== 'Path' conflict ====

It is possible to launch under this //bash// native //Windows// commands, and, by default,  the default path have some entries which point to //Windows// system. This can lead to some problem (for example, //npm// doesn't work properly).

To avoid that the //path// points to //Windows// system, set or add following key to the //Window// registry : ''HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss\AppendNtPath=dword:00000000''.

You have to reopen //bash// console in order for this to work.

==== Mounting removable drives ====

Removable drives (or //TrueCrypt// drives) are not mounted by default.

To mount such a drive:

<code>
sudo mount -t drvfs <drive>: <mountpoint>
</code>