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Update install-on-server.md, Fix tar extraction and PowerShell path syntax in WSL Server docs (#2226) #2406

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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Now that you've downloaded a Linux distribution, in order to extract its content
1. List the contents of the appx using tar.exe:

```cmd
> tar -tf .\debian.appx
> tar -xf .\debian.appx
DistroLauncher-Appx_1.12.2.0_ARM64.appx
DistroLauncher-Appx_1.12.2.0_scale-100.appx
DistroLauncher-Appx_1.12.2.0_scale-125.appx
Expand All @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Now that you've downloaded a Linux distribution, in order to extract its content
```powershell
$debianWSLPath = Join-Path -Path $env:LocalAppData -ChildPath DebianWSL
New-Item -Path $debianWSLPath -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
Expand-Archive -Path ".\DistroLauncher-Appx_1.12.2.0_x64.appx" -DestinationPath $debianWSLPath
tar -xf .\DistroLauncher-Appx_1.12.2.0_x64.appx -C "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\DebianWSL"
```

1. Add your Linux distribution path to the Windows environment PATH (`C:\Users\Administrator\Ubuntu` in this example), using PowerShell:
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