yuk7 / archwsl

ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.

ArchWSL

ArchLinux on WSL (Windows 10 FCU or later), based on wsldl.

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💻Requirements

• Windows 10 1709 FCU x64 or later/ Windows 11 x64.
• Windows Subsystem for Linux feature is enabled.

💾Install

For more details, refer to docs.

※IF YOU USE WSL1, YOU MUST REPLACE GLIBC PACKAGE ON THE FIRST RUN OF INSTANCE, Please refer to docs

📁zip

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.

4. Initialize keyring of the pacman. (Optional)

This is not required, but you will need to do this if you want to use pacman. See docs.

📦appx

1. Download installer appx and cer file.

2. Install cer file to "Trusted People" of the local machine.

For more details about this, please refer to docs.

You'll need administrator privileges to install the certificate!

3. Double-click, install the appx file.

🥄 Scoop

1. scoop bucket add extras

2. scoop install archwsl

📝How-to-Use(for Installed Instance)

exe Usage

Usage :
    <no args>
      - Open a new shell with your default settings.

    run <command line>
      - Run the given command line in that instance. Inherit current directory.

    runp <command line (includes windows path)>
      - Run the given command line in that instance after converting its path.

    config [setting [value]]
      - `--default-user <user>`: Set the default user of this instance to <user>.
      - `--default-uid <uid>`: Set the default user uid of this instance to <uid>.
      - `--append-path <true|false>`: Switch of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive <true|false>`: Switch of Mount drives
      - `--wsl-version <1|2>`: Set the WSL version of this instance to <1 or 2>
      - `--default-term <default|wt|flute>`: Set default type of terminal window.

    get [setting]
      - `--default-uid`: Get the default user uid in this instance.
      - `--append-path`: Get true/false status of Append Windows PATH to $PATH.
      - `--mount-drive`: Get true/false status of Mount drives.
      - `--wsl-version`: Get the version os the WSL (1/2) of this instance.
      - `--default-term`: Get Default Terminal type of this instance launcher.
      - `--lxguid`: Get WSL GUID key for this instance.

    backup [contents]
      - `--tar`: Output backup.tar to the current directory.
      - `--tgz`: Output backup.tar.gz to the current directory.
      - `--vhdx`: Output backup.ext4.vhdx to the current directory. (WSL2 only)
      - `--vhdxgz`: Output backup.ext4.vhdx.gz to the current directory. (WSL2 only)
      - `--reg`: Output settings registry file to the current directory.

    clean
      - Uninstall that instance.

    help
      - Print this usage message.

⬆️Update

📁zip

1. Download installer zip file.

2. Extract exe file and rootfs.tar.gz from zip file and overwrite your existing ones.

📦appx

1. Download installer appx file.

2. Double-click to install the update.

🚫Known issues

See docs.

archwsl's Issues

Default root pass?

IMPORTANT
Please read README and Known issues before creating the issue.

Please fill out the below information:
Describe the issue
Trying to change root password, to be able to add users to sudo.

To Reproduce
Try to change root password with 'passwd'

Expected behavior
Expected the password to be root, arch or similiar, but nothing helped.

Screenshots
Can add if needed?

Enviroment:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17744.1001]

• ArchWSL version [e.g. 18081100] (version of zip)
  How to check?
• Launcher version [e.g. 18080900] (Type Arch.exe version at a Command Prompt)
  C:\Users\kwedm\Desktop\Arch>Arch.exe
  [root@Yotta ~]#

Additional context
Much of the help in template didn't really help at all....

Can't run without Admin rights

As the title says, I set it with the User setting entry, instead of bash.exe but it just hangs.

Also, since Arch Wsl need to be run by Admin everytime I wonder if this thing will ever work.

Launch launcher in a specified directory

How to start the launcher in a certain directory? Previously, I just edit the "start in" properties in the arch's shortcut and it simply works. But the latest release doesn't seem works anymore

Can't get the shell to launch from any path inside rootfs

Changing the Start in: field of the shortcut to any directory inside rootfs, e.g. C:\Arch\rootfs\root causes the shell to start in / instead of /root as expected.

ArchWSL Install not working under Windows 10 Enterprise 1803 - build 17134.228

Describe the issue
After install and running pacman-key commands successfully. I get:

[root@XFactor ~]# pacman-key --init
gpg: /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: starting migration from earlier GnuPG versions
gpg: porting secret keys from '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/secring.gpg' to gpg-agent
gpg: migration succeeded
gpg: Generating pacman keyring master key...
gpg: key 7145C0492CFBCFDF marked as ultimately trusted
gpg: directory '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d' created
gpg: revocation certificate stored as '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/B9DB93F55496D48C90B3B56A7145C0492CFBCFDF.rev'
gpg: Done
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
[root@XFactor ~]# pacman-key --populate
==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
==> Locally signing trusted keys in keyring...
-> Locally signing key DDB867B92AA789C165EEFA799B729B06A680C281...
-> Locally signing key 684148BB25B49E986A4944C55184252D824B18E8...
-> Locally signing key 91FFE0700E80619CEB73235CA88E23E377514E00...
-> Locally signing key AB19265E5D7D20687D303246BA1DFB64FFF979E7...
-> Locally signing key 0E8B644079F599DFC1DDC3973348882F6AC6A4C2...
==> Importing owner trust values...
gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
gpg: inserting ownertrust of 4
gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring...
-> Disabling key 7FA647CD89891DEDC060287BB9113D1ED21E1A55...
-> Disabling key D4DE5ABDE2A7287644EAC7E36D1A9E70E19DAA50...
-> Disabling key 40440DC037C05620984379A6761FAD69BA06C6A9...
-> Disabling key B1F2C889CB2CCB2ADA36D963097D629E437520BD...
-> Disabling key BC1FBE4D2826A0B51E47ED62E2539214C6C11350...
-> Disabling key 63F395DE2D6398BBE458F281F2DBB4931985A992...
-> Disabling key 8F76BEEA0289F9E1D3E229C05F946DED983D4366...
-> Disabling key 4FCF887689C41B09506BE8D5F3E1D5C5D30DB0AD...
-> Disabling key FB871F0131FEA4FB5A9192B4C8880A6406361833...
-> Disabling key 81D7F8241DB38BC759C80FCE3A726C6170E80477...
-> Disabling key 5E7585ADFF106BFFBBA319DC654B877A0864983E...
-> Disabling key 50F33E2E5B0C3D900424ABE89BDCF497A4BBCC7F...
-> Disabling key E7210A59715F6940CF9A4E36A001876699AD6E84...
-> Disabling key F5A361A3A13554B85E57DDDAAF7EF7873CFD4BB6...
-> Disabling key 40776A5221EF5AD468A4906D42A1DB15EC133BAD...
-> Disabling key 8CF934E339CAD8ABF342E822E711306E3C4F88BC...
-> Disabling key 5696C003B0854206450C8E5BE613C09CB4440678...
-> Disabling key 9515D8A8EAB88E49BB65EDBCE6B456CAF15447D5...
-> Disabling key 4A8B17E20B88ACA61860009B5CED81B7C2E5C0D2...
-> Disabling key 0B20CA1931F5DA3A70D0F8D2EA6836E1AB441196...
-> Disabling key 34C5D94FE7E7913E86DC427E7FB1A3800C84C0A5...
-> Disabling key 39F880E50E49A4D11341E8F939E4F17F295AFBF4...
-> Disabling key 66BD74A036D522F51DD70A3C7F2A16726521E06D...
-> Disabling key DBE7D3DD8C81D58D0A13D0E76BC26A17B9B7018A...
-> Disabling key 07DFD3A0BC213FA12EDC217559B3122E2FA915EC...
-> Disabling key 44D4A033AC140143927397D47EFD567D4C7EA887...
-> Disabling key 27FFC4769E19F096D41D9265A04F9397CDFD6BB0...
-> Disabling key 8840BD07FC24CB7CE394A07CCF7037A4F27FB7DA...
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
gpg: bad data signature from key 20E8A9C77716EB4F: Wrong key usage (0x19, 0x2)
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 5 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
gpg: bad data signature from key 20E8A9C77716EB4F: Wrong key usage (0x19, 0x2)
gpg: depth: 1 valid: 5 signed: 70 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 5m, 0f, 0u
gpg: depth: 2 valid: 70 signed: 8 trust: 70-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2018-12-13
[root@XFactor ~]# pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize all databases
[root@XFactor ~]# pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.evowise.com : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to mirrors.kernel.org:443
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize all databases

To Reproduce

Expected behavior
Pacman to work

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Enviroment:

• Windows build number: [e.g. 10.0.17134.228] (Type ver at a Command Prompt)
• ArchWSL version [e.g. 18081100] (version of zip)
• Launcher version [e.g. 18080900] (Type Arch.exe version at a Command Prompt)

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

Cannot install base-devel, fakeroot already installed

A problem I've noticed is that fakeroot is installed but the system doesn't know it so it tries to install it but the files are already there and it fails, I've deleted the files manually and reinstalled the package but you should fix that ;)

Installation failed, but distro seems to be working

I tried installing the latest release and got this error message when installing

PS C:\Users\u\Downloads\Arch> .\arch.exe
Installing...
ERROR:Installation Failed!
HRESULT:0x0
Press any key to continue...

However running arch.exe results in a working shell and uname -a gives the following output:

PS C:\Users\u\Downloads\Arch> .\arch.exe run uname -a
Linux XPS15 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft #81-Microsoft Sun May 20 01:14:00 PST 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Process's not shared

IMPORTANT
Please read README and Known issues before creating the issue.

Please fill out the below information:
Describe the issue
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
ArchWSL is not showing windows process's

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
run "htop"

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
Show windows process's

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Enviroment:

• Windows build number: [e.g. 10.0.17134.228] (Type ver at a Command Prompt)
  Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.285]
  

• ArchWSL version [e.g. 18081100] (version of zip)
  18081100

• Launcher version [e.g. 18080900] (Type Arch.exe version at a Command Prompt)
  wsldl, version 18080900

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

Source Code?

Would you mind providing the source code for Arch.exe including the steps and dependencies required for compiling it?

Supports Windows 10 April 2018 Update?

ArchWSL works fine on Windows 10 1709. But update Windows from 1709 to 1803 (April 2018 Update), it doesn't work and get below output:

このディストリビューションの Linux ファイル システム用 Windows サブシステムのワンタイム アップグレードを実行しています...
エラー: 0x80070005

So I execute Arch clean and Arch to reinstall, but can't and get below output:

Installing...
ERROR:Installation Failed!
HRESULT:0x800700b7

I tried to install Ubuntu distro from store to check only the WSL works, and it works correctly. After I tried once to launch ArchWSL, but can't.

ArchWSL does not support Windows 10 April 2018 Update yet?

setting default-user and default-uid has no effect

First of all: awework work! saved me a lot of time (i've installed Arch on WSL manually before, that was quite some work, this time it was a breeze thank you)...

one small problem I ran into: I'm not able to set the default user. I've tried with 'Arch.exe config --default-user luke' and 'Arch.exe config --default-uid 1000' but when I start Arch.exe afterwards I'm always root.

'Arch.exe get --default-uid' returns 1000 as expected.

As root I can sudo into luke, and running the id command shows i'm uid 1000.

Cannot start Arch as any user except root

I have installed Arch, started it, and created a user with useradd -u 1000 -m myuser. I cannot, however, start Arch as this user:

myuser@computername ~\wsl_distros\Arch
$ ./arch get --default-uid
1000
myuser@computername ~\wsl_distros\Arch
$ ./arch
[root@computername Arch]# id myuser
uid=1000(myuser) gid=1000(myuser) groups=1000(myuser),990(adm),998(wheel)
[root@computername Arch]# 

I recreated the user with uid 1000 because I noticed that the command ./arch config --default-user myuser set the DefaultUid registry entry to 1000, even though that wasn't the uid of the user I specified. That didn't make any difference, though.

Installer crashes

Hi,

First of all: thanks for creating this installer!
I'm on Windows 10 build 14393.1884 and the installer crashes immediately:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Application Error" /> 
[snip]
  </Event>

Any ideas?

how fix that?

When i open "Arch.exe" i got that: "Error: 0x80070002" ..

How to change color scheme of terminal?

As I notice the Arch.exe does open a different cmd.exe (?) with different config for options I want to ask if its posible to run colortool to change the color scheme of the terminal.

I achieve changing background and foreground colors by running Arch.exe with Admin, but as I can't run windows command prompt while on Arch.exe I can run colortool for the others colors.

Any advice?

Can't start a service

I'm trying to start nginx service like this:

systemctl start nginx

but i get the following error:

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.

I know that WSL currently uses a proprietary init process, but I don't know how to use it to start/restart/stop services.

It's also interesting to note that with Ubuntu WSL the command service nginx start works fine. Is it possible to do the same thing with Arch WSL ?

ip addr failed

win10 \ 1709 \ 10.0.16299.98
ArchWSL is 18081100.

I just found the ssh doesn't work. Then I checked the ip status.

k@pc-hz20097394 : ~ [0] % ip addr
DONE truncated
Dump terminated

Can't listen on tcp port

Install and run glider:

pacman -S glider
glider -verbose -listen :8443

it will listen on both tcp and udp port 8443.

then check it in windows command line:

netstat -an | findstr 8443
  UDP    0.0.0.0:8443           *:*
  UDP    [::]:8443              *:*

the tcp port 8443 was not opened.

Can't set the default user

error 0x8007003

Had the same experience as others earlier with the April update
BUT Running wslconfig /u Arch:

Unregistering...
Error: 0x80070003 <- still there!

Then it Worked!

No lxuid in Windows 10 1709

Hi,

I am using Windows 10 1709.
I down Arch.zip and unzip it in a folder in my Downloads folder (\Downloads\WSLArch)
I follow the steps provided in the wiki and everything seems to be working fine other than starting Arch.exe as Admin to install.
It starts normally (a command prompt is starting) but when I do Arch.exe get --lxuid I get an empty line.
I found this out as I tried to create an entry for this in Cmder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Source code for Arch.exe

Just wondering if the source for the executable file could be shared.

Unable to reinstall `Error: 0x80070005`

Describe the issue
After a successful installation, if you delete the files and attempt to install again in the same or different path, the message Error: 0x80070005 appears in the shell (using cmd) and nothing happens.

To Reproduce

1. Run "Arch.exe"
2. Delete created folders
3. Run "Arch.exe" again

Expected behavior
I would like to install a clean folder structure with a fresh installation

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Enviroment:

• Microsoft Windows [Versión 10.0.16299.431]
• ArchWSL 18081100
• wsldl, version 18080900

Is it possible to login as another user to not be used to use the root account?

Is there any way to change the Arch.exe folder

I've just installed Arch.exe on the Download folder 🤦‍♂️
and I tried to move the folder to my AppData, but for some reason it didn't work,

Do you have any ideas?

Arch.exe config returns "ERROR HRESULT:0x80004005" and Arch.exe is not in $PATH

When running any Arch.exe config configuration I get an error:

PS C:\Users\username\folder\Arch> .\Arch.exe config --append-path off
ERROR
HRESULT:0x80004005

Using CMD/PS with or without admin rights does not matter.

Also arch.exe get --append-path tells me on, but it isn't actually in my PATH.

Default user don't work

I made a shortcut in the Start menu with the following option:

"C:\Users\SurPa\AppData\Roaming\Arch Linux\Arch.exe" config --default-user surpaul

But when I click on this shortcut, cmd opens and closes immediately. When I try to run the same thing from a command line, nothing happens either.

Do not work

C:\Users\Jean-Patrick\Downloads\Arch>Arch.exe
Installing...
ERROR:Installation Failed!
HRESULT:0x8007019e
Press any key to continue...

Cmd.exe admin of course
Windows 10 Pro, 1803, OS build 17134.112

ArchWSL is not working on a freshly installed Windows 10 1803 installation with error 0x80070005

PS C:\Users\marco_o4lnkyr> D:\Arch.exe
Installing...
Installation Complete!
Press any key to continue...
PS C:\Users\marco_o4lnkyr> D:\Arch.exe
Error: 0x80070005
Press any key to continue...
PS C:\Users\marco_o4lnkyr> debian.exe
marco@DESKTOP-UV23V55:~$

I have trouble launching ArchWSL under Windows 10 build 1803. Debian installed from the store works fine, as you can see from the snippet I posted, while Arch.exe installs without errors and then fails to launch the shell with error 0x80070005. I have tried to uninstall it, disable and reenable WSL, reboot, without any change.

Windows 10 build 1803 ArchWSL can not start

Hi After latest Windows April update ArchWSL stop working,
Even after complete reinstall still refuses to start with below error message.

Performing one-time upgrade of the Windows Subsystem for Linux file system for this distribution...
Error: 0x80070005
Press any key to continue...

How to change default path?

It seems Arch.exe opens the directory which contains the executable upon startup. How to change the directory to home directory of the default user?

Source code for Arch.exe

Is is possible to open source the sources for Arch.exe?

DO NOT UPGRADE GLIBC

After upgrading glibc to 2.27, the instance will not start.
2.26 is working.

Dynamic library issue

When I install texmaker (pacman -S texmaker) - which uses Qt5 - when starting it I get an error message that the dynamic loader couldn't find libQ5Core.so.5 (I've started Xming as an X-Server and set DISPLAY accordingly).
Looking at the ldconfig listing the library is shown and it is in the expected location in the file system.
This works without problem with Ubuntu/WSL

Where is the root fs stored?

As the title says, I would like to find where is the rootfs stored.

Cannot install ArchWSL

I used to have Ubuntu installed to WLS, but cannot install Arch WSL. I've gotten HRESULT:0x8000000d error. Either run with root or not, which is strange.

pacman failed after reboot

Thanks for your job.

I installed ArchWSL yesterday. The update failed in this morning.

[root@pc-hz20097394 ~]# pacman -Sy
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                       0.0   B  0. core                     735.0   B   103K/s 00:00
 core.sig                   0.0   B  0. core.sig                 739.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to update core (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
 extra                      0.0   B  0. extra                    737.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00
 extra.sig                  0.0   B  0. extra.sig                741.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to update extra (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
 community                  0.0   B  0. community                745.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00
 community.sig              0.0   B  0. community.sig            749.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to update community (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
error: failed to synchronize all databases

I've tried every method mentioned in this topic https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142798&p=2 but none of them worked.
I think it might be something special with ArchWSL because I've never met this problem in pure ArchLinux.

Arch.exe config --default-user user is not working

Try to create new user under the root and running
Arch.exe config --default-user my_user_name is not working

Any idea where to look ?

Issues loading libQt5Core.so

Hi,
Thanks for the effort to provide this utility to use ArchLinux on WSL.
I did face an issue when using qtcreator and after some digging I found the issue is know and that there is a workaround & fix. I even believe you know that one too. If not here is the reference: chroot-fixups/qt5-core-abi.sh: make libQt5Core.so.5 load on el7 kernel.

Could you maybe document this workaround on the main page?

And as a side question. Why do you use faketoot-tcp in stead of the main one?

Make the utility open source

Would you be fine with open sourcing the source code of this utility under this repo?

Error: 0x80070003

I recently downloaded and installed your ArchWSL (where things worked successfully), uninstalled it using the Ubuntu bash terminal, and then tried installing it again, and when trying to run the application I end up receiving the error mentioned in the title; what can I do to fix this, as I understand this is a problem on my end?

Installation Failed: 0x80004005

Hi,

running Arch.exe leads to this error:

Installing... ERROR:Installation Failed! HRESULT:0x80004005 Press any key to continue...

Searched for the error code and found out that the error occurs when you use a home folder with non english letters. But my home folder is full english. Also tried running with root priviliges.

Thanks.

Change Default User does work

Have added the user in Linux and can su to the new user when login as root, but after change default user to the new created one as instructed, the default is still root if run Arch.exe again.

Can I set custom host name instead of using of using the same host name with Windows?

Hi yuk7,

I use yadm to manage my dot files and configurations. Yadm provides ability to symlink different files for different host names.

It'll be convenient to support setting custom host name for WSL instance.

ERROR: LoadLibraryEx() failed to load wslapi.dll

See title, I get this when I run the .exe.

Setting the default user does nothing

Executing
.\Arch.exe config --default-user jacob in powershell completes without issue.
Running Arch.exe again logs in as root.

Ping requires root privilege,

but ubuntu in official Microsoft store doesn't.

Auto Populate?

I have an idea, that sounds/is complicated,

Have a script, that is temporarily in the AWSL System, that runs the pacman-key commands automatically, then removes itself on the first run?

I think it would be something like this

#!/bin/bash
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate
rm -f /path/to/autostart/pacman-key.sh

Or possibly have an alias setup like so
alias pac-key="pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate"

So that they don't have to manually copy/paste two commands.

how to update to new version?

I'm in ver 18030400, how can I update to new version without delete the old one because I don't want to install packages and configure them again.

Setting Default User

I created a new user with useradd & tried to set it as default with Arch.exe --default-user redxtech but that didn't do anything. I can confirm that I typed it out properly. I haven't rebooted my PC yet but I don't think that should have an impact. I'll give that a shot when I'm able to but at the moment is there something that I could do?