Install Bench Command Line Interface (CLI)

After setup the Ubuntu 22.04 in Windows, we can proceed to install Bench CLI. Bench is a tool used to manage Frappe and ERPNext applications.

Prerequisites

Ubuntu 22.04+ installed on WSL (follow the previous guide if not already done).
Python 3.6+ installed (Ubuntu 22.04 comes with Python 3.10 by default).
1. curl ~~and~~ git ~~installed.~~

Step 1: Update and Install Dependencies

Open your Ubuntu 22.04 terminal in WSL.
Update the package list and upgrade installed packages:
- sudo apt update
Install essential dependencies:
- sudo apt install git python-is-python3 python3-dev python3-pip redis-server

Step 2: Install MariaDB

You can install MariaDB by executing this command:

sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client

During this installation you'll be prompted to set the MySQL root password. If you are not prompted, you'll have to initialize the MySQL server setup yourself. You can do that by running the command:

sudo mariadb-secure-installation

Remember: only run the command "sudo mariadb-secure-installation" it if you're not prompted the password during setup.

Step 3: Edit MariaDB configuration file

To edit the configuration file for MariaDB, exexcute this command:

nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

and add this configuration:

[mysqld]
character-set-client-handshake = FALSE
character-set-server = utf8mb4
collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci

[mysql]
default-character-set = utf8mb4

Step 4: Install Node

We can install the node by using nvm:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash

After installing the nvm, you may have to close your terminal and open another one. Now run the following command to install node.

nvm install 18

Verify the installed version, by running:

node -v

Example Output: v18.20.4