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If you don't want the link to be called 'Downloads' then replace '.' with your choice of link name e.g. You can now switch to the folder by typing 'cd Downloads'. For example, you might replace 'ctrl+c' and 'ctrl+v' with 'alt+c' and 'alt+v' respectively:

Comment out ('//') or edit the lines under 'keybindings'.

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If you installed VS Code the settings will open in that, but if not you may be asked to choose a text editor e.g. In Windows Terminal, go to Settings in the drop-down menu. You should probably disable that so that Ctrl+C can be used to break out if a program hangs or gets in a loop.

Sometimes Windows Terminal will map Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste (in addition to Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V, respectively).

If you click the 'V' drop-down menu 'Ubuntu' (or 'Ubuntu-20.04') should be one of the options.

Open Windows Terminal, if it is not already open.

From now on you should be able to copy commands in these instructions (using Ctrl+C) and then paste them to the Windows Terminal command line by with Ctrl+Shift+V.

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Next return to the Microsoft Store and install 'Windows Terminal'.

This can be convenient for editing settings files (especially for WSL 2), as well as rhyolite-MELTS input files.

Optionally, download and install VS Code.

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The password should be different to your Windows password you will need to enter it when installing or updating software at the Linux command line. The username is case sensitive it may, or may not, be the same as your Windows username but you should avoid spaces or special characters in it. You will be prompted to enter a username and password for Linux. Choose 'Ubuntu', or 'Ubuntu 20.04', and select 'Get'.

Open the Microsoft Store and search for 'ubuntu'.

Scroll down and check the box beside 'Windows Subsystem for Linux' click OK and reboot. Type 'Windows features' in the search box and then select 'Turn Windows features on or off'.

Open Settings (click either the Start button in the bottom LH corner or the Notification icon in the bottom RH corner then click the cog icon).

Note that it is a bit more involved to get rhyolite-MELTS running in WSL 2 than WSL 1 X410 does most of the hard work for you (see the Choose and install an X server section) but you will need to edit the '.profile' settings file.Д®nable the WSL, install ubuntu and some helper software In our experience, rhyolite-MELTS opens quite a bit faster on WSL 2 that on WSL 1 (even though we have the files stored in the Windows filesystem), but enabling WSL 2 prevents VM alphaMELTS from running. This potentially improves system performance see the WSL 1 vs WSL 2 comparison. Whereas the original WSL was a compatibility layer that used Windows system tools underneath, WSL 2 uses virtualization.

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You can get more information on how to do this in Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10.

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If you need to use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for some reason, then follow the older version of this post.ДЄs of the Windows Update (version 2004 build 19041 or higher), it is possible to enable the WSL 2. For most purposes Ubuntu 20.04 LTS should be fine, and is easier to configure than previous Ubuntu WSL versions (especially for WSL 2). 'Ubuntu 18.04 LTS' is older and was previously called 'Ubuntu', when Ubuntu 16.04 LTS was the other alternative.

If you search for 'ubuntu' in the Microsoft Store you will see three versions: 'Ubuntu' and 'Ubuntu 20.04 LTS' are currently the same, though are offered as separate installations click 'More' under the software description for a fuller explanation. There are now two versions of Ubuntu available for the WSL. Note that by 'command line', we mean the Ubuntu bash shell that opens when you click the 'Ubuntu' program (or select it from the Windows Terminal) and not the Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe).

Things that you should type at the command line are in bold in quote boxes names you should substitute are in italics and comments are preceded by ellipsis (.).

This version of the post assumes you are installing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on the WSL 1, but instructions for other options are linked. For 64-bit Windows 10, it is possible to enable the 'Windows Subsystem for Linux' (WSL) and use the latest rhyolite-MELTS version linked on the alphaMELTS links page.