Install Void Linux on WSL2

void-wsl.txt

# 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

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

curl.exe seems to be bundled with Windows:

C:\Users\roman>where curl.exe
C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe

and since you'll need something to decompress the rootfs anyway...

> scoop install xz

> rootfs=void-x86_64-ROOTFS-20240314.tar.xz
# the `.exe` is neccessary to disambiguate from the incompatible, half-assed PowerShell cmdlet
> curl.exe -LSfs --remote-name --no-clobber --remove-on-error \
  https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/live/current/$rootfs
> xz -d $rootfs

stripping the .xz tail from $rootfs so this dovetails with the following wsl.exe --import command is left as an excercise for the reader, i've had enough PowerShell. alternatively, you could

> rootfs=void-...tar
> curl.exe ... https://.../$rootfs.xz
> xz -d $rootfs.xz
> wsl --import ... $rootfs

Great document thanks for sharing, this distro is great for development stuff