Installing Linux Packages
You can also install Linux packages here. Popular apt and apt-get commands are available. For example, let’s install the htop package on this version of Linux and see what happens. First, open the Linux terminal and run the following command to update the APT package repository cache.
Step 1: Type the following command:
$ sudo apt update
update apt in Linux
Step 2: Now install the htop package using the following command.
$ sudo apt install htop
Installing htop in Linux
Step 3: After successfully installing the htop package, we can simply run and execute htop by following command:
using htop command
Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment on Windows, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup. This incorporates Linux-like functionality on Windows OS without the overhead of running another OS in parallel, therefore, reducing resource consumption. This makes WSL a go-to choice for people wanting to switch between the two Operating Systems or ones who want to get Linux-like functionality in their Windows OS. WSL2 is a new version of the architecture that allows you to use Linux on top of Windows 10 natively and replaces WSL. In this article, you will learn how to install WSL2 on Windows 10.