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@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ Full instructions to install WSL are available on the above link.
To install WSL on Windows 10 with Fall Creators Update installed (version >= 16215.0) do the following:
1. Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature
- * From Start, search for "Turn Windows features on or off" (type 'turn')
- * Select Windows Subsystem for Linux
- * Click OK
- * Restart if necessary
+ * Open the Windows Features dialog (`OptionalFeatures.exe`)
+ * Enable 'Windows Susbsystem for Linux'
+ * Click 'OK' and restart if necessary
2. Install Ubuntu
* Open Microsoft Store and search for Ubuntu or use [this link](https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NBLGGH4MSV6)
* Click Install
@@ -102,11 +101,9 @@ Note that for WSL the Bitcoin Core source path MUST be somewhere in the default
example /usr/src/bitcoin, AND not under /mnt/d/. If this is not the case the dependency autoconf scripts will fail.
This means you cannot use a directory that located directly on the host Windows file system to perform the build.
-The next three steps are an example of how to acquire the source in an appropriate way.
+Acquire the source in the usual way:
- cd /usr/src
- sudo git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
- sudo chmod -R a+rw bitcoin
+ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
Once the source code is ready the build steps are below.
@@ -132,11 +129,9 @@ Note that for WSL the Bitcoin Core source path MUST be somewhere in the default
example /usr/src/bitcoin, AND not under /mnt/d/. If this is not the case the dependency autoconf scripts will fail.
This means you cannot use a directory that located directly on the host Windows file system to perform the build.
-The next three steps are an example of how to acquire the source in an appropriate way.
+Acquire the source in the usual way:
- cd /usr/src
- sudo git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
- sudo chmod -R a+rw bitcoin
+ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
Then build using: