title: NodeJS on Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux
body: <p>I'm trying to get Expo, a platform for making native mobile apps, to run on a Windows 10 machine.  A preprequisite for Expo is NodeJS so I installed that.  However, I ran into some issues getting Expo to work using Git Bash and so now I'm trying to get Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) operational to use that instead.  Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been downloaded and initialized.  Using a CMD here is what's happening:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\jason.black&gt;node -v
  v12.13.0
  
  C:\Users\jason.black&gt;wsl
  jason@PC1:/mnt/c/Users/jason.black$ node -v
  
  Command 'node' not found, but can be installed with:
  sudo apt install nodejs
  
  jason@PC1:/mnt/c/Users/jason.black$ sudo apt install nodejs
  [sudo] password for jason:
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  E: Unable to locate package nodejs
  jason@PC1:/mnt/c/Users/jason.black$
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So it appears that NodeJS which was initially installed is not available to WSL.  Does that seem right?  And why won't it install so WSL can access it?</p>