ManjaroWSL

Manjaro on WSL2 (Windows 10 FCU or later) based on wsldl.

Requirements

For x64 systems: Version 1903 or higher, with Build 18362 or higher.
For ARM64 systems: Version 2004 or higher, with Build 19041 or higher.
Builds lower than 18362 do not support WSL 2.
Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Enable Virtual Machine feature. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

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

Download and install the Linux kernel update package from here.

For more details, check this microsoft document.

How to install

Make sure all the steps mentioned under "Requirements" are completed.
Set wsl2 as default. Run the command below in a windows cmd terminal.

wsl --set-default-version 2

Download installer zip.
Extract all files in zip file to same directory.
Run Manjaro.exe to Extract rootfs and Register to WSL

Note: Exe filename is using the instance name to register. If you rename it, you can register with a different name and have multiple installs.

How to setup

Open Manjaro.exe and run the following commands.

passwd
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash <username>
passwd <username>
exit

Execute the command below in a windows cmd terminal from the directory where Manjaro.exe is installed.

>Manjaro.exe config --default-user <username>

Set up your choice of pacman mirrors before you proceed using ManjaroWSL. More information on how to use pacman-mirrors is available here.

How to use 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 distro. Inherit current directory.

    runp <command line (includes windows path)>
      - Run the path translated command line in that distro.

    config [setting [value]]
      - `--default-user <user>`: Set the default user for this distro to <user>
      - `--default-uid <uid>`: Set the default user uid for this distro to <uid>
      - `--append-path <on|off>`: Switch of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive <on|off>`: Switch of Mount drives
      - `--default-term <default|wt|flute>`: Set default terminal window

    get [setting]
      - `--default-uid`: Get the default user uid in this distro
      - `--append-path`: Get on/off status of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive`: Get on/off status of Mount drives
      - `--wsl-version`: Get WSL Version 1/2 for this distro
      - `--default-term`: Get Default Terminal for this distro launcher
      - `--lxguid`: Get WSL GUID key for this distro

    backup [contents]
      - `--tgz`: Output backup.tar.gz to the current directory using tar command
      - `--reg`: Output settings registry file to the current directory

    clean
      - Uninstall the distro.

    help
      - Print this usage message.

Run exe

>{InstanceName}.exe
[root@PC-NAME user]#

Run with command line

>{InstanceName}.exe run uname -r
4.4.0-43-Microsoft

Run with command line using path translation

>{InstanceName}.exe runp echo C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe

Change default user(id command required)

>{InstanceName}.exe config --default-user user

>{InstanceName}.exe
[user@PC-NAME dir]$

Set "Windows Terminal" as default terminal

>{InstanceName}.exe config --default-term wt

How to uninstall instance

>Manjaro.exe clean

How to build from source

prerequisites

Docker, tar, zip, unzip need to be installed.

git clone git@gitlab.com:sileshn/ManjaroWSL.git
cd ManjaroWSL
make

Copy the Manjaro.zip file to a safe location and run the command below to clean.

make clean

How to run docker in ManjaroWSL without using docker desktop

Install docker.

sudo pacman -S docker

Follow this blog post for further details on how to set it up.

sobelman/ManjaroWSL