Windows software installation

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

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux + Ubuntu

• 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)

R + RStudio: install version for Windows instead of Linux

• 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:
  • 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/

Install Linux Software

• Start Ubuntu in your Windows Terminal
• Follow instructions for Linux:
  • Linux software installation