EuroLinux WSL

Welcome to EuroLinux images for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Running Official EuroLinux images for WSL

In the Windows PowerShell/Terminal:

Import X86_64 WSL image:

wget https://github.com/EuroLinux/WSL/releases/latest/download/el9-x86_64.tar -o el9-x86_64.tar
wsl --import EuroLinux-9 "$env:USERPROFILE/EuroLinux-9" .\el9-x86_64.tar --version 2

Import ARM64 (aarch64) image :

wget https://github.com/EuroLinux/WSL/releases/latest/download/el9-aarch64.tar -o el9-aarch64.tar
wsl --import EuroLinux-9 "$env:USERPROFILE/EuroLinux-9" .\el9-aarch64.tar --version 2

In both cases, the WSL disk is saved in the user's home directory. After import, you can run your instance with:

wsl -d EuroLinux-9

To set EuroLinux 9 as the default WSL distribution run:

wsl --set-default EuroLinux-9

Then simply run it with:

wsl

Creating image for WSL with podman

For the newest build code/script check build.sh. To manually create the image from the command line run:

my_arch=$(arch)
podman rm el9
podman run -i --name el9 docker.io/eurolinux/eurolinux-9:latest < install-script.sh
podman export el9 > "el9-${my_arch}.tar"
tar -czf - "el9-${my_arch}.tar" | gzip > "el9-${my_arch}.tar.gz"

Where:

• el9-$ARCH.tar is used for base import and releases
• el9-$ARCH.tar.gz is used in DistroLauncher releases

You can modify the install-script.sh to create custom/tailored images.

Changes to the base EuroLinux container

The systemd-bootd is enabled in the WSL configuration file /etc/wsl.conf.

[boot]
systemd=true

The MOTD (Message Of The Day) was overwritten in the /etc/motd

Welcome to EuroLinux 9 on WSL.

Any suggestions are welcome at https://github.com/EuroLinux/WSL

Happy using!

To delete this message use:
rm /etc/motd

MOTD was enabled in the /etc/profile, it's an easy and clean solution

echo '[ -e /etc/motd ] && cat /etc/motd' >> /etc/profile

The sudo, util-linux-core, and systemd were packages installed

yum install -y sudo util-linux-core systemd

That's all :)!

Ultra short WSL cheatsheet

# list distros
wsl -l -v # alt wsl --list --verbose
# remove distro (EuroLinux-9)
wsl --unregister DISTRONAME
# change/set WSL version
wsl --set-version DISTRONAME VER
# run a selected distro
wsl -d DISTRONAME
# run default distro
wsl
# set default distro
wsl --set-default DISTRONAME

Additional resources

• Easy way to create WSL for almost any distribution.
• EuroLinux Bugs and RFCs