Set up WSL, Ubuntu, Python, Poetry, VS Code, SSH keys, Git, repo, venv and Django app

1. Install apps in Windows

Mozzila
VSCode
Docker Desktop
Notepad++

2. Enable WSL and VMP features on Windows

In Windows Powershell, run as Administrator and then restart Windows:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

3. Set WSL2 as default

In Windows Powershell, run as Administrator:

wsl --set-default-version 2

4. Update WSL Linux kernel:

Download outside VPN and then install in Windows Powershell as Administrator the following package.

https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

5. In Windows-side installation of VSCode install extension allowing remote development

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack

6. Download and install Ubuntu

In Windows Powershell, run as Administrator:

wsl --install --distribution Ubuntu-20.04

When the installation is complete, a new WSL bash window will open automatically and will ask for username and password.

7. Set proxy server environment variables for current shell session

export HTTP_PROXY=
export HTTPS_PROXY=

8. Download install script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mmlynarik/python/master/config/install.sh -e use_proxy=yes -e https_proxy=$HTTP_PROXY

9. Download files, install apt packages, set aliases and environment variables

source install.sh

10. Enhance terminal prompt using oh-my-posh

make posh

11. CascadyaCove Nerd Font Mono fonts in Windows

Download, unzip and install fonts in Windows and then set them in bash terminal window (right-click on menu bar and select Properties) https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/CascadiaCode.zip

12. Generate SSH keys

Generate SSH keys and then copy generated public key to your account on the upstream code repository server.

make ssh

13. Configure git

make git

14. Install and configure poetry python package and dependency manager

make poetry

15. Clone repository and launch VS Code in WSL

make repo

16. Create python project virtual environment and install dependencies

make venv

17. Install VSCode Python extension and select venv interpreter

18. Initialize django app

make app

19. Launch django app in two terminals

make django
make dramatiqr

20. Docker setup

If 80:80 port issue occurs when running hello-world docker container, run this in Powershell:

netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=::

21. Install pre-commit

Turn off proxy and VPN and run in the terminal. If errors occur due to dependency issues, replace problematic library directly in the pre-commit venv repository stored in ~/.cache/pre-commit

pre-commit install

22. Tensorflow GPU support

• Download and install in Windows appropriate NVIDIA Driver for your GPU: https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx

• Download and install in WSL CUDA toolkit: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

  wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.8.0/local_installers/cuda_XX.X.X_YYY.YY.YY_linux.run
  sudo sh cuda_XX.X.X_YYY.YY.YY_linux.run

• Download and install in WSL cuDNN toolkit as Debian local repository installation package: https://developer.nvidia.com/rdp/cudnn-download

  sudo cp /var/cudnn-local-repo-*/cudnn-local-*-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
  sudo dpkg -i cudnn-local-repo-ubuntuYYYY-X.X.X.X_X.X-X_amd64
  sudo apt-get install libcudnnX