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Install USB/IP on Ubuntu 22.04 on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Attempting to install USB/IP on Ubuntu 22.04 per the Microsoft docs:

On Ubuntu, run this command:

sudo apt install linux-tools-5.4.0-77-generic hwdata

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip /usr/lib/linux-tools/5.4.0-77-generic/usbip 20

But running that results in:

E: Unable to locate package linux-tools-5.4.0-77-generic

E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-tools-5.4.0-77-generic'

How do I install USB/IP on Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL?

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answered 2 Years ago onomicsiberated · Accepted Answer

While my original answer should still work, I've updated it with a slightly more optimal version based on the directions on the usbipd-win Wiki. Note that these instructions should also work under Ubuntu 20.04, as well as most Debian-lineage distributions:

sudo apt install linux-tools-virtual hwdata

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip $(command -v ls /usr/lib/linux-tools/*/usbip | tail -n1) 20

This will install the usbip client from the latest Ubuntu kernel package. This client (/usr/lib/linux-tools-<x.xx.xx-x>/usbip) is compatible with the WSL2 kernel, but the linux-tools-common package includes a stub (/usr/bin/usbip) that tries to find the tools in a directory corresponding to the installed kernel.

Keep in mind that, no matter what, your WSL2 kernel is not going to match any kernel version in the Ubuntu repositories. For this reason, you'll need to create a symlink (via update-alternatives) with a higher priority than the linux-tools-common package's /usr/bin/usbip.