when trying to install nvm with wsl-2 it throws (6) Could not resolve host: raw.githubusercontent.com

[mattjaf]

For some reason, when I try to to install nvm with wsl2 with windows 11 it throws,

(6) Could not resolve host: raw.githubusercontent.com

After looking into it, it seems that it might be caused by a vpn, antivirus, or some other reasons,

some people said they were able to solve it by switching to wsl1, I would like to find a solution that doesn't resort to downgrading or disabling the firewall.

Thank you in advance

[mattjaf]

you can try running this

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "[network]" > /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

it deletes your resolve.config file thats automatically generated when u run WSL then creates a new file and puts "nameserver 8.8.8.8", then creates a wsl.conf file and adds [network] and generateResolveConf = false to prevent auto generation of that file

you can also run

cat /etc/resolv.conf

to check the contents of the file

then

ping google.com

[eik-1]

Your network is unable to get to that webpage. Use a VPN and then try running the command. It worked for me