wsl-ArchLinux/README.md

Setup ArchLinux in WSL

Sources

• arch linux wsl docs

Prepare wsl arch linux image

wsl --update
wsl --install archlinux
wsl --set-default archlinux
wsl --list --all # check settings

Setup User

Set root password

passwd

Install sudo

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

Create the user

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

Set a password

passwd woelke

Set wsl default user

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

[user]
default=woelke
EOF

Restart wsl archlinux from a powerhsell

wsl --terminate archlinux

Setup Dotfiles

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

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

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??)