Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows Server 2016 1607

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Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows Server 2016 1607

aimanfaiz ahmad 46

I have Windows Server 2016 1607, right now the client wants to enable Windows Subsystems for Linux in Windows Server 2016.
Questions are my Windows Server 2016 1607 supports to enable WSL? If yes, how do I do it?
If not, what is the version that can support WSL in Windows Server 2016?

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Limitless Technology 39,931

Hi @aimanfaiz ahmad

The recent release of Windows Server 2016 version 1803 allows WSL to be installed on it.WSL is available only in 64-bit versions of Windows 10 from version 1607. It is also available in Windows Server 2019.WSL has been available for Windows 10 since 2017 and starting from Server 2016 version 1803 (released April 30, 2018).

Here is a link for a detailed description of the process that you must follow.

Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server

Hope this resolves your Query!!

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Mark Moore 21 Reputation points

2022-07-24T00:55:02.263+00:00
@Limitless Technology , the OP clearly stated that they are running Windows Server 2016 1607. So am I.

When I try to enable WSL using the instructions you provided I get the following error:

PS C:\Windows\System32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.14393.4169 Image Version: 10.0.14393.4169 Error: 0x800f080c Feature name Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux is unknown. A Windows feature name was not recognized. Use the /Get-Features option to find the name of the feature in the image and try the command again. The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

WSL is available for Windows Server 2016 1803, but I have not found any useful description of how to upgrade my fully up-to-date 1607 version to 1803.

Has anyone done this? If so, can you post how you did it?

FWIW, I did see the "Manually update windows 2016 from 1607 to 1803" post. And I have tried to install windows10.0-kb4537795-x64_dab557e19cf27f416faf280efcb488bef455f7d7.msu from the catalog, but it says:

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aimanfaiz ahmad 46

HI Thank you for the asnwers

can i upgrade from 1067 to 1803 in place?
or need to clean install

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