arch-wsl.md

Using Arch Linux in WSL2

1. Install Arch using Scoop

   scoop install archwsl
   
   # Icon
   curl.exe -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simnalamburt/i/master/.dotfiles/arch.png `
     -o "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\RoamingState\arch.png"

2. Basic setup

   #
   # Use "wheel" as sudoers' group
   #
   EDITOR=vim visudo
   # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
   
   
   #
   # Create a new user
   #
   useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash simnalamburt
   passwd simnalamburt
   
   
   #
   # Setup pacman
   #
   pacman-key --init
   pacman-key --populate
   
   vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   # https://mirror.premi.st/archlinux/
   #
   # Reference:
   #   https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/
   
   vim /etc/pacman.conf
   # Add `ParallelDownloads = 10` under `[options]`
   
   
   #
   # Remove unused packages
   #
   pacman -R vim

3. Change the default user

   arch.exe config --default-user simnalamburt

4. (Optional) Create handy symlinks

   ln -s '/mnt/c/Users/simna/OneDrive/바탕 화면' Desktop
   ln -s '/mnt/c/Users/simna/Downloads'
   ln -s '/mnt/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts'
   mkdir workspace

References

• https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL
• https://wsldl-pg.github.io/ArchW-docs/How-to-Setup/