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Why not add AlmaLinux 9 and 8 into microsoft official WSL distribution Info json? #247

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ghost opened this issue Apr 25, 2023 · 2 comments
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Why not add AlmaLinux 9 and 8 into microsoft official WSL distribution Info json? #247

ghost opened this issue Apr 25, 2023 · 2 comments
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ghost commented Apr 25, 2023

Here:
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/distributions/DistributionInfo.json

By Microsoft said:
If the distro partner wants to be included on our storage server, they should reach out and provide an appx.

microsoft/WSL#8634

I am using Windows WSL2, and i want to install AlmaLinux 9 with wsl ,
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ghost commented Apr 25, 2023

The current problem:

> wsl --install -d AlmaLinux9
Invalid distribution name: 'AlmaLinux9'.
To get a list of valid distributions, use 'wsl.exe --list --online'.
Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/WSL_E_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND

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We will look into this and see if we can make it happen :)

@bennyvasquez bennyvasquez added the enhancement New feature or request label Jan 15, 2024
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