developer-environment

Source: Developer Environment Setup

Goal

Set up Bash, Python, Git, and Azure CLI tools on any machine using WSL (Windows) or native package managers.

WSL Setup (Windows)

wsl --list --online          # verify Debian is available
wsl --install -d Debian      # install Debian WSL

Install Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
 
# Python
sudo apt install python3 python-is-python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev
 
# Git
sudo apt install git
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"
 
# Other tools
sudo apt install man ssh wget ca-certificates rsync pass pass-extension-otp zbar-tools vim

WSL Backup/Restore

# Backup (takes ~5 minutes)
wsl --export Debian "C:\path\to\OneDrive\debian.tar"
 
# Restore on new machine
wsl --import Debian .\Debian "C:\path\to\debian.tar"

After restore, if you’re logged in as root, fix default user in /etc/wsl.conf:

[user]
default=username

Then run wsl --terminate Debian in PowerShell and restart.

Verify Environment

python --version       # >= 3.9
pip --version
git config user.name
git config user.email
ssh -V
rsync --version
pass --version

See Also

• Linux and Bash Commands topic
• GitHub Basics source