# Is it possible to install remote.it on WSL?

**URL:** <https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 16, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606 "2022-08-16T01:49:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![hello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hello](https://forum.remote.it/u/hello)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606/1 "2022-08-16T01:49:30Z")

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I tried to install remote-it on Windows Linux Subsystem and it keeps giving me “System has not been booted with systems as init system (PID 1).” and “Failed to connect to bus: Host is down” error.

Any workaround?

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**Author:** ![Ripper346](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.remote.it/ripper346/32/131_2.png) [@Ripper346](https://forum.remote.it/u/Ripper346)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606/2 "2022-08-22T13:19:38Z")

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Since we don’t know anything about your version of WSL, the OS you are using, or the way you are installing remoteit, [boot - System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate - Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/a/1379567/1159305) here you can find a generic answer, maybe you find something that works

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**Author:** ![gary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gary](https://forum.remote.it/u/gary)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606/3 "2022-08-24T04:32:52Z")

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At the moment it won’t work because we have a startup dependency on systemd, as the message hints.

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**Author:** ![hello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hello](https://forum.remote.it/u/hello)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606/4 "2022-08-24T06:00:08Z")

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@gary

Thank you and you are correct. My workaround for now is to enable the ssh server on windows, which allowed me to connect to the wsl shell and achieved the same goal.

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**Author:** ![gary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gary](https://forum.remote.it/u/gary)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.remote.it/t/is-it-possible-to-install-remote-it-on-wsl/606/5 "2022-08-26T15:22:32Z")

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Thanks for the update. That’s a great tip!

Gary