# Setup ArchLinux in WSL

## Sources

- [arch linux wsl docs](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_on_WSL)

## Setup User

Set root password

```sh
passwd
```

Install sudo

```sh
pacman -Syu
pacman -S sudo nvim vi nano
groupadd sudo
visudo # Uncomment %sudo ...
```

Create the user

```sh
useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -m -s /bin/bash woelke
usermod -aG sudo woelke
```

Set a password

```sh
passwd woelke
```

Set wsl default user and restart wsl in powershell via `wsl --terminate archlinux`

```sh
tee -a /etc/wsl.conf <<'EOF'

[user]
default=woelke
EOF
```

## Setup Dotfiles

Setup ssh access to https://gitea.der-seb.space

```sh
ssh-keygen ...

tee -a /home/woelke/.ssh/config <<'EOF'
Host gitea.der-seb.space
     User git
     HostName gitea.der-seb.space
     IdentitiesOnly yes
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gitea-der-seb-space-access
EOF
```

[Install woelke dotfiles](https://gitea.der-seb.space/seb/dotfiles)

## Knows Problems

* Installation error: docker, docker-compose
  * When Docker Desktop is installed on the host system, it might try to link its docker and docker-compose setup to the arch linux instance, 
    * Disable wsl-integration in Docker Destkop Settings
    * Remove docker, docker-desktop symlinks

* wsl always starts bash
    * run `wsl zsh` (might break neovide??)


## TODOs

* wsl always starts bash
    * run `wsl zsh` (might break neovide??)


* try to run neovide naively on windows and connect it wsl neovide???
    * might fix neovide exceptions