# Very strange problems installing on win10

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-strange-problems-installing-on-win10/77416 "2022-03-04T18:10:44Z")\
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## WSL: A possible Windows “solution”/workaround

I recently tried installing Julia-for-Linux-on-Windows (using the _ **Windows Subsystem for Linux** _).

_**It worked! (Windows 11 / WSL:Debian / Julia 1.9.0 )**_  
— and quite well, I must add: WSL integration is _ **seamless** _ within Windows (though the WSL _ **installation** _ itself is not)

As an added benefit: WSL installations create a “.vhdx” virtual disk with an EXT4 partition (at least mine did at the time of writing).

- I would bet file operations have a real likelihood of being faster with this Windows/Linux-hybrid solution.
- If I understand correctly: The Windows filesystem is quite inefficient when accessing many small file (which apparently Julia does all the time).
- I’ve encountered many slowdowns with systems running Julia on Windows in the past. The slowdown seems particularly bad when code is accessed over network mounted drives.

## The downside

- You probably need admin rights to enable WSL / install your preferred Linux distribution.
- Some users might not be comfortable running Linux over WSL as the package installation process appears mostly limited to the command line (ex: manually un-tar-ing the julia “package” from [Installing Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/))

Having said that: I have had zero issues _ **running** _ GUI-based packages once installed.

- ex: `gvim` confirmed to run perfectly after installation with `apt-get`.

## The challenge

Could someone potentially come up with an simple installation script that will simplify the WSL+Julia installation experience?

- Maybe through some sleek “windows store” app installation?

If that happens: I’m sure other users will want to try the Linux version of Julia (not just those struggling with sensitive malware protection software).

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