Before proceeding with the installation, please consult Microsoft's documentation regarding the minimum requirements for running WSL2.
Once you know that your machine can run WSL2, open the Run prompt by pressing Win+r and type in the dialog
OptionalFeatures, then press Enter.
This will open a window where you can turn Windows features on/off.
Make sure the next features are activated (checked):
Hyper-V(including its sub-features)Virtual Machine PlatformWindows Subsystem for Linux
If any of the above features is missing, then first you need to install them manually using this guide and then continue with the below steps.
Click Ok and restart your computer.
Open Microsoft Store, search for Windows Subsystem for Linux and install it.
Make sure WSL2 is set as default by executing the below command in Windows Terminal:
wsl --set-default-version 2