apt install dev-essentials

The suggestions described here are considered based on the use of a clean WSL Ubuntu distribution.

Config

Shorten paths in the bash prompt

echo "export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=1" >> ~/.bashrc 

Install build-essential to compile source code.

sudo apt install build-essential ffmpeg -y

Config git

git config --global user.name "Eduardo Avelar"

git config --global user.email eavelardev@gmail.com

Install miniconda for virtual envs

wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh 

bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh 

Do you wish the installer to initialize Miniconda3
by running conda init? [yes|no]
[no] >>> yes

source ~/.bashrc

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

source ~/.bashrc

Create virtual env for general dev

conda create -n mldev python=3.9 -y

Get conda envs

conda info --envs

Set rulers for VS Code.

"editor.rulers": [94]