Arch WSL config

WSL

In powershell with administrator rights

wsl --install
wsl --set-default-version 2

Restart the computer

Tip: Ubuntu is installed by default (why?), to uninstall run wsl --unregister Ubuntu

Debugging

If you get this error:

Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.

Run in windows powershell (with admin rights)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Restart computer

If it still does not work, ensure that virtualization is enabled in BIOS

Install

1. Download installer zip file.

2. Extract all files in the zip file to the same directory.

Please extract to a folder that you have full access permission. For example, 'Program Files' can not be used.

3. Run Arch.exe to Extract rootfs and Register to WSL.

Also, the name of the EXE file is used as the name of your WSL instance. That means, if you copy multiple EXE files and rename them to different names, you can have multiple different ArchWSL at the same time without conflict.

Config

Set up the enviroment

In Arch.exe

sh -c "$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndersFelde/ArchWSL-config/main/install.sh)"

Set your user as default user

In powershell in directory where you unzipped "Arch.zip"

.\Arch.exe config --default-user YourUsername

Windows Terminal

Install from Microsoft Store: Windows Terminal

Fonts

Download Caskadia Cove (font)

Unzip the folder

Right click the file Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font Complete Windows Compatible.ttf and install

Windows Terminal Settings

How to add custom colorscheme in Windows Terminal

Open JSON file

Add Argonaut to "schemes" argonaut.json

Set Argonaut as default colorscheme for Arch

Set CaskadyiaCove Nerd Font as default Font face for Arch

Paru

Paru is now used instead of Pacman to install and update packages

Update all packages

paru

Install

paru NameOfPackage

Then choose the package you want to install by pressing the coresponding number (usually 1)

Tip: if you get a error with the following error message failed retrieving ... 404 Not Found, try paru -Syy (updates mirror lists)

Tip: if a file is opened after starting the install, press "q" to exit the file and continue installing

Remove

paru -Rs NameOfPackage

Run GUI apps from WSL 2 (optional)

How to run GUI apps from wsl

It should work out of the box for Windows 22000 Build og higher

Install for example gedit to install required software: paru gedit