podman-desktop: Podman Desktop setup failed on requirement check: WSL version should be >= 1.2.5.

Bug description

I tried to install Podman Desktop on my Windows 11 machine. I have enabled Virtualization and WSL2, yet it is failed at WSL version check. I’ve made sure that WSL2 is installed (wsl version check provided below).

Operating system

Windows 11

Installation Method

Installer from website/GitHub releases

Version

1.5.0

Steps to reproduce

Download podman desktop from the official website: https://podman-desktop.io/downloads
Install Podman Desktop

Relevant log output

❌ WSL Version

Details:
WSL version should be >= 1.2.5.

Additional context

> wsl --status
Default Distribution: Ubuntu-22.04
Default Version: 2

Windows Subsystem for Linux was last updated on 11/23/2023
WSL automatic updates are on.

Kernel version: 5.10.16

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created 7 months ago
Reactions: 4
Comments: 27 (7 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I had this same problem and wsl --update from a command prompt running as an administrator fixed my problem.

+19

DotSlashChris on Nov 30, 2023

@ermasavior no i’m currectly using the latest release and it works fine, at least you’re not using the pre-release 2.0.11 and something doesn’t work.

Which is the output of wsl -l -v? Can you try to run wsl --update? You could also try wsl --update --web-download which should install wsl by fetching the latest gh release https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases

+10

lstocchi on Nov 24, 2023

I had the same problem. Running the command wsl --update fixed that issue.

ivanlemeshev on Jan 23, 2024

@lstocchi it is detected as invalid command. perhaps the command has been deprecated?

what was the expected output of wsl --version?

> wsl --version
Invalid command line option: --version
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Usage: wsl.exe [Argument] [Options...] [CommandLine]

Arguments for running Linux binaries:

    If no command line is provided, wsl.exe launches the default shell.

    --exec, -e <CommandLine>
        Execute the specified command without using the default Linux shell.

    --
        Pass the remaining command line as is.
...
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ermasavior on Nov 24, 2023

@ermasavior no i’m currectly using the latest release and it works fine, at least you’re not using the pre-release 2.0.11 and something doesn’t work.

Which is the output of wsl -l -v? Can you try to run wsl --update? You could also try wsl --update --web-download which should install wsl by fetching the latest gh release https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases

wsl --update worked for me!

mjmenger on Apr 8, 2024

if you get back help text with wsl --version that means its using the older built in variant of wsl. To fix that you just do wsl --update. Just tried with the latest 2.0.14 and wsl --version works fine

lstocchi on Dec 15, 2023

Hi @ermasavior, which is the output of wsl --version?

lstocchi on Nov 24, 2023

@ermasavior in the meantime you can manually download and install podman from https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/download/v4.7.2/podman-4.7.2-setup.exe

It’s work for me!!!Thanks!!!

xiebaowang-boss on Apr 19, 2024

@gerroon 1.6.3 version has been resolved and my environment is now normal.

iGwkang on Dec 27, 2023

1.6 should come this week

benoitf on Dec 3, 2023

Windows 10 Version 22H2 19045.3758 I installed https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/download/2.0.9/wsl.2.0.9.0.x64.msi wsl --version shows that the wsl version is 2.0.9 But docker desktop still displays “WSL version should be >= 1.2.5. Call ‘wsl --version’ in a terminal to check your wsl version.” This problem has been torturing me for a few days. No matter how I uninstall and reinstall, docker desktop still detects “WSL version should be >= 1.2.5.”

This bug makes me very autistic ! please help me ! @cdrage @jeffmaury

iGwkang on Dec 3, 2023

@ermasavior in the meantime you can manually download and install podman from https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/download/v4.7.2/podman-4.7.2-setup.exe

lstocchi on Nov 24, 2023