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Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 added native support for using C++ with the [Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about). This means that you no longer need to add a remote connection or configure SSH in order to build and debug on your local WSL installation. You can find details on [how to install WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install-win10) here.
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To configure your WSL installation to work with Visual Studio you need the following tools installed: gcc, gdb, make, rsync, and zip. You can install them on distros that use apt with this command:
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To configure your WSL installation to work with Visual Studio you need the following tools installed: gcc or clang, gdb, make, rsync, and zip. You can install them on distros that use apt by using this command, which also installs the g++ compiler:
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```bash
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sudo apt install g++ gdb make rsync zip
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For more information, see [Download, install, and set up the Linux workload](download-install-and-setup-the-linux-development-workload.md).
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To configure your project for WSL, see [Configure a Linux project](configure-a-linux-project.md) or [Configure a Linux CMake project](cmake-linux-project.md) depending on which kind of project you have. To follow step-by-step instructions for creating a simple console application with WSL, check out this introductory blog post on [C++ with Visual Studio 2019 and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/c-with-visual-studio-2019-and-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/).
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