22title : Manual installation steps for older versions of WSL
33description : Step by step instructions to manually install WSL on older versions of Windows, rather than using the wsl install command.
44keywords : wsl, install, BashOnWindows, bash, windows subsystem for linux, install ubuntu on windows, enable WSL2, linux on windows
5- ms.date : 06/08/2025
5+ ms.date : 04/15/2026
66ms.topic : article
77adobe-target : true
88---
@@ -192,9 +192,6 @@ If the Microsoft Store app is not available, you can download and manually insta
192192 - [ Ubuntu 24.04 LTS] ( https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/Ubuntu2404-240425.AppxBundle ) (x64, arm64)
193193 - [ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS] ( https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204 ) (x64, arm64)
194194 - [ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS] ( https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004 ) (x64, arm64)
195- - [ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 ) (x64)
196- - [ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ARM] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804-arm ) (arm64)
197- - [ Ubuntu 16.04] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1604 ) (x64)
198195- Debian:
199196 - [ Debian GNU/Linux] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-debian-gnulinux ) (x64, arm64)
200197- Kali Linux:
@@ -204,18 +201,18 @@ If the Microsoft Store app is not available, you can download and manually insta
204201 - [ Oracle Linux 8.7] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/OracleLinux_8.7-230428.Appx ) (x64)
205202 - [ Oracle Linux 8.5] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-oraclelinux-8-5 ) (x64)
206203 - [ Oracle Linux 7.9] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-oraclelinux-7-9 ) (x64)
207- - SUSE:
208- - openSUSE:
209- - [ openSUSE Tumbleweed] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuse-tumbleweed ) (x64)
210- - [ openSUSE Leap 15.6] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELeap15p6-240801_x64.Appx ) (x64)
211- - [ openSUSE Leap 15.3] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuseleap15-3 ) (x64)
212- - [ openSUSE Leap 15.2] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuseleap15-2 ) (x64)
213- - SUSE Linux:
214- - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELinuxEnterprise15SP6-241001_x64.Appx ) (x64)
215- - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELinuxEnterprise15_SP5-240801.Appx ) (x64)
216- - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP3 ) (x64)
217- - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP2 ) (x64)
218- - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-sles-12 ) (x64)
204+ - SUSE:
205+ - openSUSE:
206+ - [ openSUSE Tumbleweed] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuse-tumbleweed ) (x64)
207+ - [ openSUSE Leap 15.6] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELeap15p6-240801_x64.Appx ) (x64)
208+ - [ openSUSE Leap 15.3] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuseleap15-3 ) (x64)
209+ - [ openSUSE Leap 15.2] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-opensuseleap15-2 ) (x64)
210+ - SUSE Linux:
211+ - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELinuxEnterprise15SP6-241001_x64.Appx ) (x64)
212+ - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5] ( https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/SUSELinuxEnterprise15_SP5-240801.Appx ) (x64)
213+ - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP3 ) (x64)
214+ - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP2 ) (x64)
215+ - [ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12] ( https://aka.ms/wsl-sles-12 ) (x64)
219216- Fedora Remix:
220217 - [ Fedora Remix for WSL] ( https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Fedora-Remix-for-WSL/releases ) (x64, arm64)
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@@ -230,10 +227,10 @@ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004 -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBas
230227> [ !TIP]
231228> If the download is taking a long time, turn off the progress bar by setting ` $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' `
232229
233- You also have the option to use the [ curl command-line utility] ( https://curl.se/ ) for downloading. To download Ubuntu 20 .04 with curl:
230+ You also have the option to use the [ curl command-line utility] ( https://curl.se/ ) for downloading. To download Ubuntu 24 .04 LTS with curl:
234231
235232``` powershell
236- curl.exe -LR -o ubuntu-2004.Appx https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204
233+ curl.exe -LR -o ubuntu-2404.AppxBundle https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/Ubuntu2404-240425.AppxBundle
237234```
238235
239236In this example, ` curl.exe ` is executed (not just ` curl ` ) to ensure that, in PowerShell, the real curl executable is invoked, not the PowerShell curl alias for [ Invoke-WebRequest] ( /powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-webrequest ) .
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