Gedit installation on WSL¶

Gedit is the default text editor for the GNOME desktop environment. On the [[Windows Subsystem for Linux]] (WSL), particularly when using WSLg (WSL Graphics), it can be installed to provide a familiar graphical editing experience within the Windows environment.^[600-developer-tools-windows-install-wslg.md]

Installation¶

To install Gedit on WSL, open your terminal and update the package lists first. Then, use the apt package manager to install the software^[600-developer-tools-windows-install-wslg.md]:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install gedit

Running sudo apt install gedit installs the editor native to the GNOME desktop^[600-developer-tools-windows-install-wslg.md].

Sources¶

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