# Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) [ubuntu]

Follow this guide to install WSL:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

# Prepare WSL (ubuntu)

0. Get your build tools and python required libraries installed:

    > See:
    > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8097161/how-would-i-build-python-myself-from-source-code-on-ubuntu/31492697

    ```
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y build-essential git libexpat1-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
    libncurses5-dev libbz2-dev liblzma-dev \
    libsqlite3-dev libffi-dev tcl-dev linux-headers-generic libgdbm-dev \
    libreadline-dev tk tk-dev
    ```

1. Install pyenv (which will install python):
    
    > See:
    > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer
    
    ```
    curl https://pyenv.run | bash
    ```
    
2. After install, it tells you to add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file, go do that:

    ```
    # Load pyenv automatically by adding
    # the following to ~/.bashrc:

    export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
    eval "$(pyenv init -)"
    eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

3. Install the latest 'common' versions of python through pyenv:

     ```
     # list available python versions
     # pyenv install --list
     pyenv install 3.6.8
     pyenv install 3.7.2
     ```
     
 
4. Install/Upgrade base libraries into both versions of python:

    ```
    pyenv global 3.6.8
    pip install pip --upgrade
    pip install pipenv
    
    pyenv global 3.7.2
    pip install pip --upgrade
    pip install pipenv
    ```
    
-- Go to work!