docs: add command to update wsl for Windows #404
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| <p>You’ll probably need to reboot.</p> | ||
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| <p>After reboot, install an Ubuntu distro: | ||
| <p>After reboot, update your WSL:</p> |
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I'm conflicted on this, because of course if you just installed and rebooted, you don't need to update. OTOH we're trying to keep this as simple and straightforward as possible.
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Then I think we don't need to add this, assuming that the info on this page is for folks who are completely new to WSL. 🙂
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Well, you needed it, and there will be others like you who didn't do the WSL install right at the time :)
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Maybe just make it like a note? If you can't install DDEV, try to update your WSL... something like that.
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Thanks! I simplified it just a bit.
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The Issue
How This PR Solves The Issue
When installing DDEV, I got an error message saying that DDEV can't be installed. After a discussion and troubleshooting on Discord, re-installing the WSL with
wsl --installand updating withwsl --updatesolved the problem. DDEV was installed smoothly.Based on this, in some cases, running
wsl --updatecommand after installing WSL on Windows might be required to install DDEV successfully.This PR adds the command to the Get Started page.
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