# How to install kali-wsl > Author: Junner > Date: 2024/09/24 ## Commands 1. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell as an administrator. <small><small>[[1]](https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/wsl-preparations/)</small></small> 2. Run the following commands. <small><small>[[1]](https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/wsl-preparations/)</small></small> ```bash= dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all ``` 3. Reboot your computer to apply the changes. 4. Set the wsl version. <small><small>[[1]](https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/wsl-preparations/)</small></small> You can choose `wsl1` or `wsl2` for your destiny version. >Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has two different versions, “WSL 1” and “WSL 2”. WSL 2 is the preferred and default option when installing WSL. This is because WSL 2 uses the actual Linux kernel inside a Hyper-V virtual machine (managed by WSL). WSL 1 uses a “translation layer” which is similar to WINE. Run: ```bash= wsl --set-default-version <version> ``` For example, to set it to `wsl2`, you would enter ```bash= wsl --set-default-version 2 ``` On some computer, `wsl2` doesn't run well. And you may set the version to 1. ```bash= wsl --set-default-version 1 ``` 5. Windows sets Ubuntu as the default distro. To list other distro, run the command below and look for the name containing `kali`. <small><small>[[2]](https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows/wsl/install)</small></small> ```bash= wsl -l -o ``` ![圖片](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ByEsmTJRA.png =70%x) 6. Installation <small><small>[[2]](https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows/wsl/install)</small></small> ```bash= wsl --install -d kali-linux ``` ## References * [Kali WSL：[1]](https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/wsl-preparations/) * [如何使用 WSL 在 Windows 上安裝 Linux：[2]](https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows/wsl/install)