Windows software installation: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:21, 11 February 2026

These are instructions for how to install software and data used on the course Computational Molecular Evolution (22115) when using the Windows operating system.

Follow this youtube guide to install WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) and the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
One common issue is that you need to enable "Virtual Machine Platform" on Windows. Check the linked Powerpoint presentation for more details on how to do that:
- Guide for WSL2 and Linux (Peter Wad Sackett)

Instead of installing the Linux version of R and RStudio, you should install the Windows versions:
- https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/
NOTE: this means you will have to access files on the Linux file system from the Windows file system.
- Your Linux files should be accessible at a file path similar to this: \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\user\whatever
- Also see: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/whats-new-for-wsl-in-windows-10-version-1903/

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 * Instead of installing the Linux version of R and RStudio, you should install the Windows versions:
 ** https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/
-* NOTE: this means you will have to access files on the Linux file system from the Windows file system. More info:
+* NOTE: this means you will have to access files on the Linux file system from the Windows file system.
 ** Your Linux files should be accessible at a file path similar to this: <code>\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\user\whatever</code>
 ** Also see: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/whats-new-for-wsl-in-windows-10-version-1903/