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Adding sugestions to install WSL2 and it packages in environment-setup.md #2400

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- [Node.js (npm)](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
- [Docker and Docker-Compose](https://docs.docker.com/install/)

## Install Redis and WSL2

1. Follow Microsoft WSL2 [installation guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) to complete the installation. Suggest to run the following once in the WSL2 environment.

```bash
# fetch updated packages information
sudo apt update

# upgrade or install outdated packages
sudo apt upgrade
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2. Suggest to install [Windows Terminal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#install-windows-terminal-optional), it facilitates you to switch directories between WSL2 Ubuntu bash and Windows drive.
3. Suggest to install [Node, nvm and npm for WSL2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/javascript/nodejs-on-wsl#install-nvm-nodejs-and-npm), so as to be able to use Node and npm in the subsystem.

## Docker and Docker-Compose Setup

### Linux-Ubuntu
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1. Get [Docker for Desktop For Mac](https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac)
1. Docker for Desktop comes with docker-compose installed.

### Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Hyper-V)
### Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, Education or Windows 11(Hyper-V)

1. Get [Docker for Desktop For Windows](https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-windows)
1. Docker for Desktop comes with docker-compose installed.

### Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Insiders WSL 2 Docker)
### Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education (Insiders WSL 2 Docker)

1. If your [Windows build number](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-your-windows-10-build) is below [18917](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-install/), join the [insiders program](https://insider.windows.com/en-us/). Then, update your machine to a newer build through Automatic Updates.
2. Once installed successfully, install [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-install).
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