Code 8: How to install Quarto via WSL

Migrating quarto blog from windows to wsl
coding
linux
Author

Tony Phung

Published

September 18, 2024

How to install Quarto on WSL (Ubuntu)

  • Check you are indeed on ubuntu (Note: All commands in [Windows Terminal] -> [Ubuntu distro]):
    • lsb_release -a :
  • Go to official site and get copy Ubuntu link:
  • Create (or navigate to) Downloads folder:
    • mkdir downloads && cd downloads
  • Download Official Quarto Deb file (your official link from above dotpoint is newer, use that!):
    • wget https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v1.5.57/quarto-1.5.57-linux-amd64.deb:
  • Install:
    • sudo dpkg -i quarto-1.5.57-linux-amd64.deb
  • Test it (prints version to terminal):
    • quarto version