Why Is Kernelshark Not Showing up in Windows Start Menu After Installing Through WSL?

Updated Feb 10, 2026

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Issue Details

I'm following this help article to install KernelShark through WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). At step 5 of the installation guide, I don't see KernelShark showing up in my Windows Start-menu.

Solution

KernelShark needs several UI libraries to run in UI mode. You need to run these commands after step 4 (installing KernelShark through apt):


sudo apt install desktop-file-utils
sudo apt install libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5 libgles2-mesa-dev

After that KernelShark should be available in the Windows Start-menu.

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