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You can download tar files required for installation from

https://lxrunoffline.apphb.com/download/{distro}/{version}

, where {distro} is the name of the distro you want and {version} is the optional version number. Note that though you're accessing the domain lxrunoffline.apphb.com, this project doesn't provide tar files to download and you'll be redirected to download files maintained by others.

Here is a list of supported distros and related information.

{distro}	Possible {version} values	Default {version} value if not specified	Additional argument required for LxRunOffline install	Download source
Ubuntu	Code name of the releases. e.g. "xenial"	N/A1	None	tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-core
UbuntuFromMS	"14" or "16"	N/A1	None	Microsoft
ArchLinux	N/A2	N/A	-r root.x86_64	http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/
Alpine3	"edge" or "vx.y"	edge	-r .	http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/
Fedora	"rawhide" or version number	rawhide	-r .	fedora-cloud/docker-brew-fedora
openSUSE	"Tumbleweed" or "Leap-x.y"	Tumbleweed	-r .	openSUSE/docker-containers-build
Debian	Code name of the releases. e.g. "stretch"	sid	None	debuerreotype/docker-debian-artifacts

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1: You must specify a version of Ubuntu.

2: Arch Linux uses rolling releases, so you don't need to and can't specify a version number.

3: You need to use Windows 10 October 2018 Update (v1809) or later to install Alpine Linux.

Quick start

For layman user who knows very little about all other good Unix distributions, one shall start the LxRunOffline with the following image from Microsoft. According to the description, it should be identical to what one can normally download from the Microsoft Store.

• Download the *.tar.gz image from: https://lxrunoffline.apphb.com/download/UbuntuFromMS/16

• Run the following command once LxRunOffline is registered to the OS:

  LxRunOffline i -n UF -d c:\WSL\UFull -f <c:\whereabouts_of_the_downloaded_image> -s Upon filling up the precise absolute path to the 16.04.2-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz file, the command shall create a distribution named as UF, in directory c:\WSL\UFull.