WSL With Docker Could Not Be Found

1. Problem

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$ docker

The command $ docker could not be found in this WSL 1 distro.
We recommend to convert this distro to WSL 2 and activate the WSL integration in Docker Desktop settings.

See https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/ for details.

2. Solution

Run in cmd.exe

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> wsl --list --verbose
  NAME             STATE           VERSION
  Ubuntu           Running         1

Then to switch it with wsl --set-version <your proc> 2¹

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> wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
Conversion in progress, this may take a few minutes...
For information on key differences with WSL 2 please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2
Conversion complete.

Also you need to go to the docker desktop settings, and enable integration with your distro in “Resources -> WSL Integration”.

3. Reference

Ubuntu WSL with docker could not be found - Stack Overflow ↩︎