install archlinux to wsl 2

install archlinux-bootsrap-<version>-x86_64.tar.gz from one of the mirrors file and verify its signature
import using

   wsl --import <distro name> <install location> <location of archlinux-bootstrap.tar.gz file>
   # example
   wsl --import arch "d:\wslDistroStorage\arch" "d:\wslD*\archlinux-bootstarp.tar.gz"

open arch in wsl and set things up

wsl -d arch

# set up pacman's keys
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux

# if command above fails ,run this
# rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg

archwiki link > set up pacman's mirros list (change country code to your country's code or some close countries's code,last in URL param)

curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?protocol=https&ip_version=4&use_mirror_status=on&country=DE&country=TR" sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 -

# update system and install important packages

pacman -Syu
pacman -S --needed base-devel
pacman -S pacman-contrib micro neovim fish

#set root password
passwd

# set your language.
micro /etc/locale.gen # for english uncomment 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8' and save with ctrl+s
locale-gen
echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >> /etc/locale.conf

# set up sudoers by uncommenting '%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL'
micro /etc/sudoers

# create user (replace yourname with mal1kc)
useradd -m -G wheel mal1kc # -m for create /home/mal1kc dir -G for add to wheel group

# change password of user
passwd mal1kc

# set default user for wsl
echo -e "[user]\ndefault = mal1kc" >> /etc/wsl.conf

# if you want you can set custom hostname
echo -e "[network]\nhostname = arch" >> /etc/wsl.conf

# change user's shell to fish for better workflow

which fish # get fish binary location

chsh mal1kc -s/usr/bin/fish

# we write fish location it is probably usr/sbin/fish or /bin/fish

# install additional packages for your prefered packages

pacman -S bat dust emacs fd fzf gcc git the_silver_searcher lsd ncdu nnn ripgrep reflector

we can now start using arch with WSL2

mal1kc/wsl2_install_archlinux.md

install archlinux to wsl 2