The alwsl project provides ArchLinux on WSL. This article will installing alswl.
Table of Contents
1 Download alwsl.bat
2 Run alwsl.bat
Run "alwsl.bat install" on cmd.exe.
> alwsl.bat install <snip> Do you want to start bash now? [Y,N]? Y
After ArchLinux Logo is displayed, root's bash is running. Running "bash" on cmd.exe will run root's bash.
Update pacman repository.
# pacman -Syu
Install sudo.
# pacman -S --noconfirm sudo # pacman -S --noconfirm emacs # EDITOR=emacs visudo # Remove '#' before %wheel
Create user.
# useradd -m hiroom2 # passwd hiroom2 # gpasswd -a hiroom2 wheel # su - hiroom2
I cannot run systemd. But systemd's problem will be resolved because Ubuntu 16.04, which uses systemd, is porting to WSL now.