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Can you install deb packages through linux sub sys in win 10?

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Does linux sub sys in powershell use the same file directories as win 10? also can you install packages through it?

 

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...I think you are talking about WSL.

 

The entire thing is a self-contained app IIRC that runs from an EXE. It has its own isolated directory but can access drives mounted via Windows. These will be mounted in /mnt/[Drive Letter]. e.g. your C drive is in /mnt/c/

 

Installing packages is just like any other debian installer. In fact, it's an (almost) fully functional linux. No special things.

  

sudo dpkg -i package.deb

just like Ubuntu.

 

If the .deb you want to install is in your Windows Downloads folder, it's look something like this. 

sudo dpkg -i /mnt/c/Users/[Your Home Folder]/Downloads/package.deb

where 'package' is the name of what you want to install

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