Some quick tips on using Bash in Windows 10, based on my own experience. First I followed the guide at HowToGeek to install Windows Subsystem on Linux (WSL). I picked the Ubuntu distro to install as I'm more familiar with apt-get. After that, launch Ubuntu. It's only the shell, no GUI. That's fine for my usage though, I'm using it to batch rename files with regex, and command line programs to process audio for my Japanese learning. Next I installed packages I needed. But you'll probably see error saying package not found. The solution: (thanks to a post at SuperUser) sudo apt update Then only sudo apt-get install <package> Packages I use when I process files for Japanese learning: rename sox libsox-fmt-mp3 ffmpeg I also bumped into an annoying detail when using the Bash shell: the blue is too hard to read! Whoever thought of the default dark blue on black is not thinking about readability at all -_- The solution: change to a lighter b...
Notes and musings of a lightweight nerd
