Kickstarter on Windows (WSL2)

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Last updated: Nov. 25, 2024
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Install WSL2

Download, install and configure WSL2

Optional: Install Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is a good alternative to the supplied command line tool and simplifies the following steps.

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Visual Studio Code

This step is optional but strongly recommended:

Download and install Visual Studio Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/download

In VSCode install the extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl.

Install Dependencies within WSL

Java

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

Depending on your version of Ubuntu, you may be able to install OpenJDK 17 JDE and JRE using the following command. This is only applicable if these packages are available in your distribution:

sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre
sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk

Git, Gradle, Maven, Groovy

sudo apt install git-all gradle maven groovy

Reboot

Reboot once to activate the newly set configuration.

umkickstarter

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