Linux Bash setup on Windows for Web Developer

Code Alchemist
Sep 9, 2018 · 1 min read

So Windows got this nice feature called Windows Linux Subsystem.

Installation instructions here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

After the installation, we can use bash in Windows.

For developers who like to use VS Code, there’s one thing we can do: set Bash as the default terminal in VS Code.

Go to Files > Preferences > Settings , search for terminal. Change terminal path to C:\WINDOWS\System32\bash.exe

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