Windows 10: Install SuSE Linux Enterprise - SLES

With Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux feature enabled, we can install Linux distributions on Windows 10.

PS C:\Users\tuyen> date

Saturday, January 11, 2025 9:38:41 AM

PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --list --online
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl.exe --install '.

NAME                            FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                          Ubuntu
Debian                          Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                      Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu-24.04                    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                 Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                 Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                 Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.6              openSUSE Leap 15.6
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6
openSUSE-Tumbleweed             openSUSE Tumbleweed
PS C:\Users\tuyen>

Let's install SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES) on Windows 10.

There is a free course Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) at openSAP.com.

Join this free online course to get an introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). You’ll see an overview and installation of SLES, filesystem and identity, software and network management, and storage administration and shells.

Open Windows Store and search for Linux and click SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to install.

Update on January 8th, 2019

You can choose SLES 12 or SLES 15 to install.

Optional step: Register free SLES Subscription at https://www.suse.com/subscriptions/sles/developer/

Check SLES version

SLES: Check version - cat /etc/os-release

cat /etc/SuSE-release

cat /etc/os-release

Screenshots install SLES 15 SP1 on Windows 10 1903

Export, import SLES on Windows 10 WSL

PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
* kali-linux                             Stopped         2
  SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP2    Stopped         2
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --export SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP2 e:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> Remove-AppxPackage -Package (Get-AppxPackage -Name *SUSELinuxEnterprise*)
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* kali-linux    Stopped         2
PS C:\Users\tuyen> gci e:\wsl
    Directory: E:\wsl
Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----         9/20/2020   7:23 PM                kali-linux
-a----         3/30/2021   8:12 AM      544235520 sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --import sles15-1 E:\wsl\sles15-1 E:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --import sles15-2 E:\wsl\sles15-2 E:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* kali-linux    Stopped         2
  sles15-1      Stopped         2
  sles15-2      Stopped         2  
PS C:\Users\tuyen>

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