# 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
```

## Add Essential Applications

Install and setup yay

```sh
sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
yay -Y --gendb
```

More essentials

```sh
yay -S reflector pacman-contrib
```

Hardware accelerated rendering, Does this work???

```sh
yay -S mesa vulkan-dzn
```

## TODOs

arch linux wsl docs

- 2.2 Open URLs in the WSL hosts browser
- 2.3 Run graphical applications with WSLg