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

Thanks. This configuration worked perfectly for me.