WSL not enabled on this machine when running "exp build:ios"

[cjoseph]

I was able to progress through this error after finding the following post.

Not able to create IPA file using command 'exp build:ios -c'

Here is what I see in command prompt, [exp] Making sure project is set up correctly… [exp] Your project looks good! [exp] Checking if current build exists… [exp] No currently active or previous builds for this project. [exp] Removed existing credentials [exp] Does not seem like WSL enabled on this machine. Download from the Windows app store a distribution of Linux, then in an admin powershell, please run: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Li…

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Please follow the warning & instructions printed to you by exp:

Does not seem like WSL enabled on this machine. Download from the Windows app store a distribution of Linux, then in an admin powershell, please run:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Basically, I went to the microsoft store and downloaded Ubuntu. I opened up the cmd window for it and created an Ubuntu account. After that i ran the above command and things seemed to work.