Linux/Unix and Bash¶
Windows 10 (linux subsystem for windows)¶
- Control Panel -> Programs and Features and click “Turn Windows Features on or off” on the top left pane
- In the dialog box, check “Windows Subsystem for Linux” and click Ok
- Reboot machine
- Start Menu -> Microsoft store -> Search for “Linux”
- Click “Get the apps” under the “Linux on Windows?” banner
- You’ll see a list of every Linux distribution currently available in the Windows Store. We recommend that you select “Ubuntu” (unless you know what you’re doing)
- To open the Linux environment you installed, just open the Start menu and search for whatever distribution you installed. For example, if you installed Ubuntu, launch the Ubuntu shortcut
- After installation it will ask to create a UNIX username and password
- You are now ready to use the bash shell
Windows 8- (Installing Babun)¶
Babun is just a customized and pre-configured Cygwin. You can install Cygwin if you’re familiar with that.
- Just download the dist file from here, unzip it and run the
install.bat
script. - After a few minutes Babun starts automatically.
- The application will be installed to the
%USERPROFILE%\.babun
directory. - Use the
/target
option to install babun to a custom directory.
Mac / Linux¶
You default shell should already be bash.
Otherwise run: chsh -s /bin/bash