Setting up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

This section describes how to download and install WSL.

1. Install Ubuntu 16.04.

2. Use /mnt/c to access the Windows file system.

3. In the WSL terminal, use cd /home, explorer.exe to open the Windows file explorer.

4. The Windows Path will be like C:\Users\itron\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu16.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs

   It is possible to download VS Code at the Visual Studio Code webpage and link it WSL. To access source code from WSL (after installing VS Code, install VS Code’s WSL plugin and C++ Plugin.

   To open Code Directory in VS Code use $ cd <source_code_dir>

   $ code

   Alternatively, a folder can be added from the Studio IDE.