A community powered list of programs that work (and those that don't) on the Windows subsystem for Linux. The official Microsoft repository for filing bugs etc is located here. This repo complements the offical one by providing a quick reference for how well programs run.
Please feel free to contribute programs you have tested to the table below. If you need help with the markdown, please review a primer
To contribute, please make a Pull Request, I will merge if it looks good! If you have never made a pull request it is fast and easy, please check out the Github documentation
Then add your program below!
If you need to add more details about a program then add a + symbol to its name and add it to the Program_Details.md file.
##Important Note Because this list is community powered, the maintainer does not hold any responsibility for the accuracy of the contents of this repository. Your mileage may vary.
#The list:
| Program Name | apt name if different (blank otherwise) | Functionality rating (0-5) | website if not on apt | Notes | Windows Build # |
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| Anaconda | 4 | Continuum.io | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, symlinks issue has been fixed | 14393 | |
| Apache server | apache2 | 2 | Must use a loopback for networking, buggy | ||
| apt | 3 | Problems with autoremove, remove, and --fix-missing |
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| bash+ | 3 | Most functionality exists but there are problems with scripts | |||
| curl | 4 | curl -sS tested | |||
| docker | 0 | doesn't run / says not installed | |||
| emacs | 3 | works in terminal mode with many development packages installed both from elpa and Github repositories through el-get, but is slow when using commands that check or revert many buffers (e.g. magit). Attempting to start on X hangs. | 14366 | ||
| fortune | 5 | works fine | |||
| gazebo | 3 | Very laggy tested. Requries X11 server like VcXsrv and setting a few environment variables | |||
| gcc | build-essential | 4 | more testing needed | ||
| ghc | haskell-platform | 0 | Fails to install with error "ghc: timer_create: Function not implemented". | 14388.0 | |
| git | 4 | requires more testing, Basics work (clone, pull, push, fetch commit). Diff has some errors | |||
| ifconfig | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| ip | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| iwconfig | 0 | Unable to Access Network Interfaces (Should be localhost for all connections) | |||
| java | 0 | does not install | |||
| lynx | 5 | seems to work entirely | |||
| make | 3 | basic scripts working, needs more extensive testing. Tabbing for commands gets broken pipe | |||
| mtr | 0 | doesn't run | |||
| Mono | mono-complete | 4 | Supported (more info). Instructions added to official documentation. Use 4.2 for now or 4.6 when released (4.4 has issues) | ||
| nano | 3 | Functions correctly, but does not display correctly | |||
| nasm | 4 | more testing needed | |||
| nethack | 4 | Need to run it from the /usr/games directory with "./nethack" and the default config it runs has numpad turned off so you have to use the unintuitive: y k u h l b j n | |||
| nuget | 3 | requires more testing | |||
| npm | 4 | some packages fail due to permissions | |||
| ping | 0 | Fails with ping: icmp open socket: Socket type not supported |
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| pip+ | 0 | DO NOT INSTALL with --fix-missing. Breaks apt. See documentation |
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| php5-cli | 4 | Working, needs more testing | |||
| python | 5 | Works even for very difficult and memory intensive workloads such as compiling PyPy | 14366 | ||
| pypy | 5 | Works even when translating itself | 14366 | ||
| qpidd | 0 | Starting the daemon fails with a socket error: "critical Unexpected error: Can't bind to port 0.0.0.0:5672: Invalid argument (qpid/sys/posix/Socket.cpp:206)" | |||
| rbenv | 4 | works for the most part, but permissions of folders are wrong after installing (world writable), spawning warnings when running e.g. Rubygems | 14366 | ||
| ruby | 5 | works for Sinatra and Rails development using C extension gems | 14366 | ||
| scp | 5 | works for both remote to local and local to remote transfers. | |||
| screen | 0 | Already installed. Gives permission denied if not sudouser and doesn't start if given permissions | |||
| sed | 4 | didn't test all options, but everything I tested worked fine. | |||
| ssh | 4 | ssh -i works | |||
| ssh-keygen | ssh | 4 | -t rsa working | ||
| sudo | 5 | appears to be working as expected | |||
| swift | 3 | ? | Everything except interactive shell works | ||
| tail | 3 | Will tail files, but 'follow' (-f) reports "tail: unrecognized file system type 0x53464846" | |||
| telnet | 4 | Further testing required | |||
| tensorflow | 4 | See Scott Hanselman's post | |||
| tesseract-ocr | 4 | No problems with command line usage | |||
| texlive | 5 | No problems so far | 14366 | ||
| tmux | 4 | Works well for the most part, mouse mode doesn't seem to work | 14366 | ||
| useradd | 4 | Users can be added but /etc/skel profile logout and bashrc files but no default directories | |||
| usermod | 5 | Seems to work correctly | |||
| vim+ | 3 | Will open and edit Window files it cannot create new files. Can create new linux files. Issues with colorschemes. Plugins don't work. Panes, buffers, and registers appear to be working correctly. | |||
| vsftpd | 3 | ? | Not installed with apt | ||
| wget | 3 | Simple commands work. Have only run basic commands | |||
| xfce4-terminal | 5 | Seems to work perfectly well, except for not being able to connect to DBUS | 14366 | ||
| xorg | 4 | Requires Configuration and an X server on Windows | |||
| yum | 0 | doesn't work at all. will segfault on yum, hangs indefinitely with yum install |
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| zsh | 4 | Simple commands work after getting listed WSL build, also checked oh-my-zsh | 14393 | ||
| ADB | 0 | android-adb-tools | Installs but it doesnt recognize any device even with the Windows aDB drivers installed |