Visual Studio Doesn't List WSL as Platform Toolset

Question

I'm following this tutorial . Everything seems to be fine (linux subsystem is setup fine, I think), but WSL is not showing up as a platform toolset for compilation for C/C++ projects.

Using visual studio 16.9.5

Answer 1

You can check these steps, which can make me find windows subsystem for linux in visual studio:

Enable subsystem:

1. Enable windows subsystem for windows

   • Run powershell as administrator
   • Run this command: dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

2. Restart machine

3. download and install linux app

Configure linux environment:

1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt install g++ gdb make rsync zip
3. sudo apt-get install openssh-client
4. sudo apt-get install nano
5. sudo service ssh restart

Configure visual studio:

1. Add connection in Tools/Options/Cross Manager
2. The windows subsystem will auto display in platform toolset