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Install Zellij on WSL

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What is Zellij?

Zellij is a workspace aimed at developers, ops-oriented people and anyone who loves the terminal. Similar programs are sometimes called "Terminal Multiplexers".
repo

https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij

Install Zellij on WSL

step1: install WSL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

step2: install curl and build-essential 

sudo apt update sudo apt install curl build-essential
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step3: install rust and cargo

when you run the following command, you will be asked to choose an installation option.
If there is no specific reason, I recommend to choose option 1.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
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# check rust version rustc --version rustc 1.82.0 # check cargo version koji@kj-minis ~/dev/blog % cargo --version cargo 1.82.0
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step4: install zellij 

cargo install --locked zellij
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step5: check zellij version and run zellij 

# check zellij version zellij --version zellij 0.41.2
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# run zellij zellij
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