First install arch linux

Refresh the Arch Linux keyring.

Refresh the Arch Linux keyring. This process involves refreshing the key database and ensuring that all necessary keys are trusted.

pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux

Create a new user

use the useradd command to create a new user. Replace yourusername with your desired username. This command will create the users home directory, add them to the wheel group and set bash as their default shell.

useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash yourusername

Set a password for the new user

Set a password for the newly created user, you will be prompted to enter and confirm the password

passwd yourusername

Configure sudo access

To allow members of the wheel group to execute any command using sudo, you'll need to edit the sudoers file. It's recommended to use the visudo command for editing to prevent syntax errors.

EDITOR=nano visudo

Uncomment the line %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL by removing the leading # character. If you want to not have to enter your password when using sudo, change it to %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Configure WSL to default to logging in with your user account

Open the wsl.conf file in the /etc folder and add a default username.

nano /etc/wsl.conf

Add the following text. Replace yourusername with your user name.

[user]
default=yourusername

Exit and terminate your wsl instance

From powershell shutdown your WSL instance

wsl -t <distro-name>

Start up your wsl instance and it should auto login with your username.

wsl -d <distro-name>

Run the setup script to setup your Arch Linux WSL Instance

Run the following command to setup your instance to my preferences.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codemonkey76/arch-linux-setup/main/setup.sh | sh