Ubuntu WSL for Developers 💻⚡

Installation

1. Download ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tag.gz from release

2. Unpack it

3. Import tar file

   wsl --import "Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1" C:\\Users\\rob\\Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1 .\\ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tar

4. Create WSL Machine

   wsl install -d Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1

Import own image as wsl

1. Build or Pull Image

   docker build --tag ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1 --file Dockerfile .

   OR

   docker pull ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1

2. Run image

   docker run --name ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1 -it ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1 bash -C exit

3. Export container as tar file

   docker export --output ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tar ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1

4. Move tar to windows file system

   mkdir -p /mnt/c/Users/$USER/Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1 && mv ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tar /mnt/c/Users/$USER/

5. Import tar file

   wsl --import "Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1" C:\\Users\\rob\\Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1 .\\ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tar

6. Create WSL Machine

   wsl install -d Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1

NOTE: all steps can be done with podman Desktop

Publish image to github registry

1. Login Github Registry

   echo "YOUR_PASSWORD" | docker login ghcr.io --username YOUR_USERNAME --password-stdin

2. Push Github Registry

   docker tag ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1 ghcr.io/robertonav20/ubuntu-wsl-for-developers/ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1
   docker push ghcr.io/robertonav20/ubuntu-wsl-for-developers/ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1

3. Login Docker Registry

   echo "YOUR_PASSWORD" | docker login docker.io --username YOUR_USERNAME --password-stdin

4. Push Docker Registry

   docker tag ubuntu-wsl:1.0.1 docker.io/robnav24241/ubuntu-wsl-for-developers:1.0.1
   docker push docker.io/robnav24241/ubuntu-wsl-for-developers:1.0.1

Useful WSL Command

• Show All WSL

      wsl --list --all

• Import WSL

      wsl --import "Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1" C:\\Users\\rob\\Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1 .\\ubuntu-wsl-1.0.1.tar

• Install WSL

      wsl install -d Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1

• Unregister WSL

      wsl --unregister Ubuntu-WSL-1.0.1

• Shutdown WSL

      wsl --shutdown

• Mount Windows Path to WSL

      sudo mkdir -p /mnt/share && sudo mount -t drvfs 'YOUR_WINDOWS_PATH' /mnt/share