Airflow documentation updates for Windows WSL2 installation

airflow-core/docs/start.rst

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ This quick start guide will help you bootstrap an Airflow standalone instance on
 
    Successful installation requires a Python 3 environment. Starting with Airflow 3.1.0, Airflow supports Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13.
 
-   Officially supported installation methods is with``pip`.
+   Officially supported installation methods is with``pip`` or ``uv``.
 
-   Run ``pip install apache-airflow[EXTRAS]==AIRFLOW_VERSION --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-AIRFLOW_VERSION/constraints-PYTHON_VERSION.txt"``, for example ``pip install "apache-airflow[celery]==3.0.0" --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-3.0.0/constraints-3.10.txt"`` to install Airflow in a reproducible way.
+   Run ``pip install apache-airflow[EXTRAS]==AIRFLOW_VERSION --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-AIRFLOW_VERSION/constraints-PYTHON_VERSION.txt"``, for example ``pip install "apache-airflow[celery]==3.0.0" --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-3.0.0/constraints-3.10.txt"`` to install Airflow in a reproducible way. You can also use - much faster - ``uv`` - by adding ``uv`` before the command.
 
 
 
@@ -43,6 +43,36 @@ This quick start guide will help you bootstrap an Airflow standalone instance on
    This guide will help you quickly set up Apache Airflow using ``uv``, a fast and modern tool for managing Python environments and dependencies. ``uv`` makes the installation process easy and provides a
    smooth setup experience.
 
+   If you are on Windows, you have to use WSL2 (Linux environment for Windows).
+      .. code-block bash
+
+         wsl --install
+         # Restart computer, then in WSL Ubuntu terminal
+         sudo apt update
+         sudo apt install python3-pip python3-venv
+
+         bash # Go to Linux home directory (not Windows mount)
+         cd ~
+
+         # Create airflow directory
+         mkdir -p ~airflow
+         cd ~airflow
+
+         # Create virtual environment
+         python3 -m venv airflow_venv
+
+         # Activate
+         source airflow_venvbinactivate
+
+         # Upgrade pip
+         pip install --upgrade pip
+
+         # Install Airflow with correct Python version constraints
+         pip install apache-airflow[celery]==3.1.0 --constraint httpsraw.githubusercontent.comapacheairflowconstraints-3.1.0constraints-3.12.txt
+
+         # Verify installation
+         airflow version
+
 1. **Set Airflow Home (optional)**:
 
    Airflow requires a home directory, and uses ``~/airflow`` by default, but you can set a different location if you prefer. The ``AIRFLOW_HOME`` environment variable is used to inform Airflow of the desired location. This step of setting the environment variable should be done before installing Airflow so that the installation process knows where to store the necessary files.
@@ -79,6 +109,7 @@ This quick start guide will help you bootstrap an Airflow standalone instance on
 
       uv pip install "apache-airflow==${AIRFLOW_VERSION}" --constraint "${CONSTRAINT_URL}"
 
+
 4. Run Airflow Standalone:
 
    The ``airflow standalone`` command initializes the database, creates a user, and starts all components.
@@ -87,6 +118,7 @@ This quick start guide will help you bootstrap an Airflow standalone instance on
 
       airflow standalone
 
+
 5. Access the Airflow UI:
 
    Visit ``localhost:8080`` in your browser and log in with the admin account details shown in the terminal. Enable the ``example_bash_operator`` Dag in the home page.