Prerequisites checklist for Windows

Prerequisites for Windows

1. Ubuntu installed
2. Docker Desktop is running
3. Python 3.6+ installed in Ubuntu
4. Unzip installed in Ubuntu
5. Git installed in Ubuntu

1. Check if Ubuntu installed.

Press Start menu button and start typing 'Ubuntu'. You should see following program.

Installation manual

2. Check if Docker Desktop is running.

You should see Docker Desktop icon in the system tray.

Also go to following Docker Desktop settings and ensure that Ubuntu integration option is on. Go to Docker Desktop -> Settings -> Resources -> WSL Integration

Check if Docker CLI is available in Ubuntu. In Ubuntu terminal execute:

docker --version

You should see version, for example:

Docker version 26.0.0, build 2ae903e

In Ubuntu terminal execute:

docker images

Should display images list (may be empty). No errors should be displayed.

Docker Desktop Install manual

3. Check if Python 3.6+ installed in Ubuntu.

In Ubuntu terminal execute:

python --version

You should get (version should be later then 3.6):

Python 3.10.12

Check pip version by executing:

pip --version

You should get:

pip 22.0.2 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.10)

4. Check if Unzip installed in Ubuntu.

In Ubuntu terminal execute:

unzip --version

You should get installed Unzip version, for example:

UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Debian. Original by Info-ZIP.
....

5. Check if Git installed in Ubuntu.

In Ubuntu terminal execute:

git --version

You should get installed Git version, for example:

git version 2.42.0.windows.2