Using conda from WSL Windows 10

Question

I have installed conda in my Windows 10 environment. When I try to use conda from my Ubuntu WSL, it throws:

CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'. If your shell is Bash or a Bourne variant, enable conda for the current user with

$ echo ". C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

When I do that, my bash throws an error on restarting:

cygpath: command not found

-bash: /etc/profile.d/conda.sh: No such file or directory

Am I supposed to install Cygwin to use conda from within WSL?

Answer 1

WSL will be installed under a primary user on your machine. But you can't use Conda (which is installed in windows) from WSL.

However, you can always install python in WSL and use the code that you have in the windows file system. It will be in /mnt path.