AlpineWSL-Edge

Forked from yuk7/AlpineWSL

Alpine Linux Edge on WSL (Windows 10 1803 or later) based on wsldl

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Requirements

• Windows 10 1803 April 2018 Update x64/arm64 or later.
• Windows Subsystem for Linux feature is enabled.

Install

1. Download installer zip

2. Extract all files in zip file to same directory

3.Run Alpine-Edge.exe to Extract rootfs and Register to WSL

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

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 instance. Inherit current directory.

    runp <command line (includes windows path)>
      - Run the given command line in that instance after converting its path.

    config [setting [value]]
      - `--default-user <user>`: Set the default user of this instance to <user>.
      - `--default-uid <uid>`: Set the default user uid of this instance to <uid>.
      - `--append-path <true|false>`: Switch of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
      - `--mount-drive <true|false>`: Switch of Mount drives
      - `--default-term <default|wt|flute>`: Set default type of terminal window.

    get [setting]
      - `--default-uid`: Get the default user uid in this instance.
      - `--append-path`: Get true/false status of Append Windows PATH to $PATH.
      - `--mount-drive`: Get true/false status of Mount drives.
      - `--wsl-version`: Get the version os the WSL (1/2) of this instance.
      - `--default-term`: Get Default Terminal type of this instance launcher.
      - `--lxguid`: Get WSL GUID key for this instance.

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

    clean
      - Uninstall that instance.

    help
      - Print this usage message.

How to uninstall instance

>Alpine-Edge.exe clean

How-to-Build

AlpineWSL can build on GNU/Linux or WSL.

curl,bsdtar,tar(gnu) and sudo is required for build.

$ make

with flags:

$ make ARCH=arm64 OUT_ZIP=Alpine-Edge_arm64.zip

Basic Params

Parameter	Value	Default
ARCH	x64/arm64	x64
LNCR_EXE	launcher file name	Alpine-Edge.exe
OUT_ZIP	zip file name	Alpine.zip
DLR	file downloader	curl
DLR_FLAGS	downloader flags	-L
BASE_URL	base rootfs url	https:~
ROOTFS_TARBALL_CKSM_URL	sha-sum for the base rootfs tarball	https:~

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