Using Windows Subsystem for Linux

[megargayu]

I've installed g++ on wsl (Windows Subsystem for Linux). However, when I added this to the c_cpp_properties.json file:

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Win32",
      "includePath": ["${workspaceFolder}/**"],
      "defines": ["_DEBUG", "UNICODE", "_UNICODE"],
      "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.17763.0",
      "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/g++",
      "cStandard": "c17",
      "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x86",
      "cppStandard": "c++17"
    }
  ],
  "version": 4
}

The following error occurs:

Cannot find "C:\Users\Ayush\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\usr/bin/g++".

However, looking in explorer, this path definitely exists. Does anyone know what's going on here?

[sean-mcmanus]

We support WSL via using the Remote - WSL extension to connect to the remote WSL instance, which will run the Linux version of our extension instead of the Windows version of our extension.

[michelleangela]

Here is also a tutorial to help get started on WSL with the C++ extension: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-wsl.

[megargayu]

@sean-mcmanus Thanks so much for the answer, it really helped. I just can't seem to be able to press the "Mark as answer" button (it won't let me click it).

Edit: I managed to mark it on my phone