# \#wsl

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## [Windows 11 WSL2 floating View Widgets bug](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/windows-11-wsl2-floating-view-widgets-bug/29608)

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**Author:** [@Thibault\_Pelletier](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Thibault_Pelletier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/windows-11-wsl2-floating-view-widgets-bug/29608 "2024-07-26T06:08:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I recently wanted to test an extension build on Linux and used Windows 11 WSL2 for this with a Slicer build from scratch on the main branch. Everything builds smoothly (which is really great) and GUI suppo…

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## [Slicer on WSL2 exited when opening Extension Manager](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-on-wsl2-exited-when-opening-extension-manager/37133)

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**Author:** [@chz31](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chz31)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-on-wsl2-exited-when-opening-extension-manager/37133 "2024-07-22T22:16:18Z")

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I’m trying to run Slicer 5.6.2 on WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04. It was installed using tar xzvf. However, whenever I tried to open Extension Manager, Slicer just crashed. Does Slicer not support WSL2 or should I build it instead? T…