Arch-WSL

Arch WSL

This is an unofficial Arch WSL based on the rootfs of arch docker images with a few packages installed to make your life easy
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• Make sure WSL is enabled in you system - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

• You can install Arch WSL from Microsoft Store OR if you don't want to use Microsoft Store then download the latest msix package from Release Page

Note - to install manually from the msix package you need to install the .cer file first to the "Trusted Root Certificate Store" of the "local machine"

• After installation is complete from microsoft store or manual install when you open the app you will be presented with a screen to create a user account go ahead with it and complete the account creation to finish installation

Note - The password entering feild does not display your password but it still records it

Please just reinstall glibc, then everything will be ok!

This is because the docker image that is heavily stripped!

• Visual Studio 2022
• Python

• Fork and clone your fork of the Project

• Generate a test certificate:

  • In Visual Studio, open ArchWSL-Appx/MyDistro.appxmanifest
  • Select the Packaging tab
  • Select "Choose Certificate"
  • Click the Configure Certificate drop-down and select Create test certificate.

• Copy tar.gz containing your distro into the x64 folder at the root of the project and rename it to rootfs.tar.gz

Note - You can get the rootfs.tar.gz file from the releases page

• Then open a terminal window in the root of the project and type in the command

python build.py --target=build --config=debug --platform=x64

• The main Root FS file this app is based on is at - https://github.com/VSWSL/Arch-WSL-RootFS

• It is based on Arch Docker Image with few tweaks and pre-installed dependencies