Update

If your update fails, restarting the computer may help.

wsl --update --pre-release
wsl --version

Uninstall Distro

wsl --list
wsl --unregister kali-linux

PowerShell

  • wsl —list —verbose
  • wsl —list —online
  • wsl —install -d kali-linux

Err:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

FROM: deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

TO: deb https://kali.download/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

ctrl+x y enter

Run these commands for key signature errors:

sudo apt update -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true $ sudo apt install kali-archive-keyring

Update Kali

sudo apt-get clean 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade -y 

to shutdown vm:

wsl --shutdown
wsl -l -v

getting bridge mode (does not work)

  • loginto kali
  • run commands
sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "[network]" > /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf