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wsl --install archlinux

The default Arch Linux installation (both official repo and manual) logs you in as a root user. There is no regular admin user created for your day-to-day usages at this stage. But we will create it ourselves.

If you have already installed Ubuntu in WSL, it prompts you to create a user soon after the installation is finished. Since Arch Linux is a DIY Linux distribution, such convenience should not be expected.

passwd

pacman -Syu

wsl.exe --terminate archlinux

Chances are there that sudo is not installed. If that's the case, you may not be able to access visudo in a later stage to set admin privileges.

To check if sudo is installed, use the command: pacman -Qs sudo If sudo is not listed, install sudo using: pacman -S sudo

In Arch Linux, you can use the useradd command, to create a new user. Let's create a new user called “team”. useradd -m team Here, the -m option will automatically create a home directory for the user at /home/. Set a password for the user “team”, using: passwd team Type and retype password to confirm the change.

Once the user is created, add that user to the wheel group so that it can run the sudo command to access some administrative privileges. usermod -aG wheel team

Locate the line %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL and uncomment it.

Save the document using CTRL + O and exit using CTRL + X.

Package muparser has been added and muparser support has been enabled in gdal (thanks to Chris Toney).