MalayaWSL

Deprecation Notice

As the original repo is back, I no longer have the intention to maintain this. You are encouraged to download latest release from sileshn/ManjaroWSL2 instead.

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UNOFFICIAL Manjaro on WSL2 (Windows 10 FCU or later) based on wsldl.

Disclaimer

THIS REPO IS NOT AFFILIATE TO THE OFFICIAL "MANJARO LINUX" DISTRIBUTION IN ANY WAY!

Name

From a post on Manjaro Linux Forum, I learn that the name Manjaro derives from Mount Kilimanjaro. And from this post on Manjaro Linux Forum and sirredbeard/awesome-wsl#77, it seems that someone does not like the name so the original author deleted its repo, it's back at sileshn/ManjaroWSL2 with permission granted from Manjaro team.

The word Malaya derives from Mount Himalaya. In Sanskrit himá means 'snow, frost', which may reminds you of a novel written by Ernest Hemingway named The Snow of Kilimanjaro, hence the name.

💻 Requirements

• For x64 systems: Version 1903 or higher, with Build 18362 or higher.
• For ARM64 systems: Version 2004 or higher, with Build 19041 or higher.
• Builds lower than 18362 do not support WSL 2.
• Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

• Enable Virtual Machine feature. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

• Download and install the Linux kernel update package from here.

For more details, check this microsoft document.

Install

1. Download installer zip
2. Extract all files in zip file to same directory
3. Run Manjaro.exe to Extract rootfs and Register to WSL

Note: Exe filename is using the instance name to register. If you rename it you can register with a diffrent name and have multiple installs.

If you want to use WSL2 after install, convert it with the following command.

wsl --set-version Manjaro 2

You can also set wsl2 as default. Use the command below before running Manjaro.exe.

wsl --set-default-version 2

How-to-Use(for Installed Instance)

exe Usage

Usage :
    <no args>
      - Open a new shell with your default settings.

    run <command line>
      - Run the given command line in that distro. Inherit current directory.

    runp <command line (includes windows path)>
      - Run the path translated command line in that distro.

    config [setting [value]]
      - `--default-user <user>`: Set the default user for this distro to <user>
      - `--default-uid <uid>`: Set the default user uid for this distro to <uid>
      - `--append-path <on|off>`: Switch of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive <on|off>`: Switch of Mount drives
      - `--default-term <default|wt|flute>`: Set default terminal window

    get [setting]
      - `--default-uid`: Get the default user uid in this distro
      - `--append-path`: Get on/off status of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive`: Get on/off status of Mount drives
      - `--wsl-version`: Get WSL Version 1/2 for this distro
      - `--default-term`: Get Default Terminal for this distro launcher
      - `--lxguid`: Get WSL GUID key for this distro

    backup [contents]
      - `--tgz`: Output backup.tar.gz to the current directory using tar command
      - `--reg`: Output settings registry file to the current directory

    clean
      - Uninstall the distro.

    help
      - Print this usage message.

Just Run exe

>{InstanceName}.exe
[root@PC-NAME user]#

Run with command line

>{InstanceName}.exe run uname -r
4.4.0-43-Microsoft

Run with command line with path translation

>{InstanceName}.exe runp echo C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe

Change Default User(id command required)

>{InstanceName}.exe config --default-user user

>{InstanceName}.exe
[user@PC-NAME dir]$

Set "Windows Terminal" as default terminal

>{InstanceName}.exe config --default-term wt

How to setup

Open Manjaro.exe and run the following commands.

passwd
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash <username>
passwd <username>
exit

Execute the command below in a windows cmd terminal from the directory where Manjaro.exe is installed.

>Manjaro.exe config --default-user <username>

How to uninstall instance

>Manjaro.exe clean

How to build

The hard way (which I use for now)

Prerequisites

curl, jq, libarchive, tar, unzip need to be installed.

Build rootfs

# 1. Install all the dependencies:
sudo pacman -S --needed arch-install-scripts curl jq libarchive make manjaro-tools-base-git patch tar unzip wget

# 2. Clone the repo
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/manjaro/manjaro-docker.git
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Vinfall/MalayaWSL.git

# 3. Apply the patch & build the rootfs, this could take a while
cp MalayaWSL/manjaro-rootfs.patch manjaro-docker/x86_docker/
cd manjaro-docker/x86_docker
patch Makefile < manjaro-rootfs.patch
sudo make

Package WSL

# Remember to place the `base.tar` generated above inside the folder
mv base.tar ../../MalayaWSL/base.tar
cd ../../MalayaWSL
make
sha512sum Manjaro.zip > Manjaro.zip.sha512

Copy Manjaro.zip and its hash to a safe location and run the command below to clean.

make clean

You may check out my blog Revive ManjaroWSL on this for details.

The easy way (the old way)

Prerequisites

curl, docker, jq, libarchive, tar, unzip need to be installed.

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/changrui/ManjaroWSL.git
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Vinfall/MalayaWSL.git
cp MalayaWSL/manjaro-docker.patch ManjaroWSL
cd ManjaroWSL
patch Makefile < manjaro-docker.patch
# Uncomment the following line if you use podman instead of docker
#sed -i 's/docker/podman/g' Makefile
make

Copy the Manjaro.zip file to a safe location and run the command below to clean.

make clean