Step-by-step guide to installing bioinformatics configurations

• macOS
• Ubuntu 20.04 - Native Linux
• Ubuntu 20.04 - Linux Subsystem for Windows 2 (WSL2)

How to compact a WSL2 Disk

Shutdown WSL2:

wsl.exe --shutdown

Open Command Prompt as administrator: press Windows + R to open the Run Command Window, type cmd and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

Download the compact_wsl2_disk.bat script:

wget https://github.com/khourious/labstuffs/raw/master/configs/compact_wsl2_disk.bat

Find the WSL2 disk location:

WHERE.exe /R C:\Users ext4.vhdx

Run the script by typing compact_wsl2_disk.bat followed by the path of the ext4.vhdx file:

compact_wsl2_disk.bat <path_to_ext4_vhdx_file>