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Install Void Linux on WSL2
# Based on https://gist.github.com/kmatt/71603170556ef8ffd14984af77ff10c5
# prompt ">" indicates Powershell commands
# prompt "$" are Linux shell commands
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
# install https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi
> wsl --set-default-version 2
# use rootfs tarball from https://voidlinux.org/download
# ex: https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/live/current/void-x86_64-ROOTFS-20230628.tar.xz
# uncompress but do not extract tar file (don't tar -x)
> wsl.exe --import $DISTRONAME $STORAGEPATH void-$VERSION.tar
> wsl -d $DISTRONAME
# optional - update xbps mirrors
$ cp /usr/share/xbps.d/*-repository-*.conf /etc/xbps.d/
# if in US https://voidlinux.org/news/2021/10/mirror-retirement.html
$ xbps-install -Su xbps
$ xbps-install -u
$ xbps-install base-system
$ xbps-remove base-voidstrap
$ xbps-reconfigure -fa
$ useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash $USERNAME
$ passwd $USERNAME
# Default user
$ echo -e "[user]\ndefault=$USERNAME" > /etc/wsl.conf
# Grant sudo
$ sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/' /etc/sudoers
> wsl --terminate $DISTRONAME
> wsl -d $DISTRONAME
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kmatt commented Nov 16, 2023

I don't get what "uncompress but do not unzip tar file" should mean

gunzip rootfs.tar.gz but do not tar xf rootfs.tar

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