diff --git a/INSTRUCTIONS-WSL.TXT b/INSTRUCTIONS-WSL.TXT
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+Thank you for downloading oobabooga/text-generation-webui.
+
+# WSL setup
+
+If you do not have WSL installed, see here:
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
+
+If you want to install Linux to a drive other than C
+Open powershell and enter these commands:
+
+cd D:\Path\To\Linux
+$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri <LinuxDistroURL> -OutFile Linux.appx -UseBasicParsing
+mv Linux.appx Linux.zip
+
+Then open Linux.zip and you should see several .appx files inside.
+The one with _x64.appx contains the exe installer that you need.
+Extract the contents of that _x64.appx file and run <distro>.exe to install.
+
+Linux Distro URLs:
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual#downloading-distributions
+
+******************************************************************************
+*ENSURE THAT THE WSL LINUX DISTRO THAT YOU WISH TO USE IS SET AS THE DEFAULT!*
+******************************************************************************
+
+Do this by using these commands:
+wsl -l
+wsl -s <DistroName>
+
+# Web UI Installation
+
+Run the "start" script. By default it will install the web UI in WSL:
+/home/{username}/text-gen-install
+
+To launch the web UI in the future after it is already installed, run
+the same "start" script. Ensure that webui.py and wsl.sh are next to it!
+
+# Updating the web UI
+
+Run the "update" script. This will only install the updates, so it should
+be much faster than the initial installation.
+
+You can also run "wsl.sh update" in WSL.
+
+# Adding flags like --chat, --notebook, etc
+
+Edit the "webui.py" script using a text editor and add the desired flags
+to the CMD_FLAGS variable at the top. It should look like this:
+
+CMD_FLAGS = '--chat'
+
+For instance, to add the --api flag, change it to
+
+CMD_FLAGS = '--chat --api'
+
+The "start" and "update" scripts will copy the edited "webui.py" to WSL
+to be used by the web UI.
+
+# Running an interactive shell
+
+To run an interactive shell in the miniconda environment, run the "cmd"
+script. This is useful for installing additional requirements manually.
+
+You can also run "wsl.sh cmd" in WSL.
+
+# Changing the default install location
+
+To change this, you will need to edit the scripts as follows:
+wsl.sh: line ~22   INSTALL_DIR="/path/to/install/dir"
+
+Keep in mind that there is a long-standing bug in WSL that significantly
+slows drive read/write speeds when using a physical drive as opposed to
+the virtual one that Linux is installed in.
diff --git a/cmd_wsl.bat b/cmd_wsl.bat
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+@echo off
+
+cd /D "%~dp0"
+
+set PATH=%PATH%;%SystemRoot%\system32
+
+@rem sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh converts newlines to unix format in the wsl script
+call wsl -e bash -lic "sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh; source ./wsl.sh cmd"
+
+:end
+pause
diff --git a/generate_zips.sh b/generate_zips.sh
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--- a/generate_zips.sh
+++ b/generate_zips.sh
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-mkdir oobabooga_{windows,linux,macos}
-for p in windows macos linux; do
-  cp {*$p*\.*,webui.py,INSTRUCTIONS.TXT} oobabooga_$p;
+mkdir oobabooga_{windows,linux,macos,wsl}
+for p in windows macos linux wsl; do
+  if [ "$p" == "wsl" ]; then cp {*$p*\.*,webui.py,INSTRUCTIONS-WSL.TXT} oobabooga_$p;
+  else cp {*$p*\.*,webui.py,INSTRUCTIONS.TXT} oobabooga_$p; fi
   zip -r oobabooga_$p.zip oobabooga_$p;
 done
diff --git a/start_wsl.bat b/start_wsl.bat
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+@echo off
+
+cd /D "%~dp0"
+
+set PATH=%PATH%;%SystemRoot%\system32
+
+@rem sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh converts newlines to unix format in the wsl script
+call wsl -e bash -lic "sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh; source ./wsl.sh"
+
+:end
+pause
diff --git a/update_wsl.bat b/update_wsl.bat
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+@echo off
+
+cd /D "%~dp0"
+
+set PATH=%PATH%;%SystemRoot%\system32
+
+@rem sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh converts newlines to unix format in the wsl script   calling wsl.sh with 'update' will run updater
+call wsl -e bash -lic "sed -i 's/\x0D$//' ./wsl.sh; source ./wsl.sh update"
+
+:end
+pause
diff --git a/wsl.sh b/wsl.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# detect if build-essential is missing or broken
+if ! dpkg-query -W -f'${Status}' "build-essential" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "ok installed"; then
+echo "build-essential not found or broken!
+
+A C++ compiler is required to build needed Python packages!
+To install one, run cmd_wsl.bat and enter these commands:
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install build-essential
+"
+read -n1 -p "Continue the installer anyway? [y,n]" EXIT_PROMPT
+# only continue if user inputs 'y' else exit
+if ! [[ $EXIT_PROMPT == "Y" || $EXIT_PROMPT == "y" ]]; then exit; fi
+fi
+
+# deactivate any currently active conda env
+conda deactivate 2> /dev/null
+
+# config   unlike other scripts, can't use current directory due to file IO bug in WSL, needs to be in virtual drive
+INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/text-gen-install"
+CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX="$INSTALL_DIR/installer_files/conda"
+INSTALL_ENV_DIR="$INSTALL_DIR/installer_files/env"
+MINICONDA_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py310_23.1.0-1-Linux-x86_64.sh"
+conda_exists="F"
+
+# environment isolation
+export PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1
+unset PYTHONPATH
+unset PYTHONHOME
+export CUDA_PATH="$INSTALL_ENV_DIR"
+export CUDA_HOME="$CUDA_PATH"
+
+# /usr/lib/wsl/lib needs to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH to fix years-old bug in WSL where GPU drivers aren't linked properly
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CUDA_HOME/lib:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+
+# open bash cli if called with 'wsl.sh cmd' with workarounds for existing conda
+if [ "$1" == "cmd" ]; then
+    exec bash --init-file <(echo ". ~/.bashrc; conda deactivate 2> /dev/null; cd $INSTALL_DIR || cd $HOME; source $CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX/etc/profile.d/conda.sh; conda activate $INSTALL_ENV_DIR")
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [[ "$INSTALL_DIR" =~ " " ]]; then echo This script relies on Miniconda which can not be silently installed under a path with spaces. && exit; fi
+
+# create install dir if missing and copy webui.py to install dir to maintain functionality without edit
+if [ ! -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR" || exit; fi
+cp -u "./webui.py" "$INSTALL_DIR"
+
+# figure out whether git and conda needs to be installed
+if "$CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX/bin/conda" --version &>/dev/null; then conda_exists="T"; fi
+
+# (if necessary) install git and conda into a contained environment
+# download miniconda
+if [ "$conda_exists" == "F" ]; then
+    echo "Downloading Miniconda from $MINICONDA_DOWNLOAD_URL to $INSTALL_DIR/miniconda_installer.sh"
+
+    curl -Lk "$MINICONDA_DOWNLOAD_URL" > "$INSTALL_DIR/miniconda_installer.sh"
+
+    chmod u+x "$INSTALL_DIR/miniconda_installer.sh"
+    bash "$INSTALL_DIR/miniconda_installer.sh" -b -p $CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX
+
+    # test the conda binary
+    echo "Miniconda version:"
+    "$CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX/bin/conda" --version
+fi
+
+cd $INSTALL_DIR
+
+# create the installer env
+if [ ! -e "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR" ]; then
+    "$CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX/bin/conda" create -y -k --prefix "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR" python=3.10
+fi
+
+# check if conda environment was actually created
+if [ ! -e "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR/bin/python" ]; then
+    echo "Conda environment is empty."
+    exit
+fi
+
+# activate installer env
+source "$CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" # otherwise conda complains about 'shell not initialized' (needed when running in a script)
+conda activate "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR"
+
+# setup installer env   update env if called with 'wsl.sh update'
+case "$1" in
+("update") python webui.py --update;;
+(*) python webui.py;;
+esac