This is an automated script to create an Arch Linux WSL modern distribution.
You can download a pre-built version from the releases
page.
Get the archlinux.wsl file and double-click it in File Explorer to
install the distribution.
You need WSL release 2.4.4 or higher to use this installation method. To install a pre-release version of WSL, run the following command:
wsl --update --pre-releaseTo build the distribution, you need the following tools:
- Docker Engine. On Windows, you can build the distribution using WSL with Docker support.
- Docker Buildx
- Docker personal access token
- curl
- Node.js
- jq
- grep
- fakeroot
Before building, create a .env file with your Docker credentials:
DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME=<your docker user name>
DOCKER_HUB_PAT=<your docker account personal access token>Then run the build script to create the archlinux.wsl file.
The build process creates a custom profile for the Windows
Terminal. The color scheme is a
Material Design dynamically generated color
scheme based on
the Arch Linux logo blue color. The script to
generate the profile is available in the terminal-profile
directory.
If you get the following error when running the systemctl command, try to
install another WSL distribution with systemd
support and check if it works. In my case,
systemd started working on Arch Linux after that, and kept working even after
uninstalling the other distro.
$ systemctl
Failed to connect to system scope bus via local transport: No such file or directory
If you still have problems after installing another distribution, try to run the
following
command
in a PowerShell terminal:
wsl -d Arch-Linux-Unofficial -u root -e systemctl restart user@1000.serviceThe logo used in this distribution was taken from the Arch Linux logos and artwork page, and I believe its usage in this project fits the permitted use condition from their trademark policy.