BioArchLinux on WSL

Download

Download wsl tar file from any mirror of BioArchLinux.

Import to WSL

You have to enable wsl first.

• decompress the tar file
• click the BioArch.exe

Choose mirror

Firstly, you should enter WSL

wsl -d BioArch

Optional, you can set BioArchLinux as default distribution

wsl --set-default BioArch

then you need to choose a mirror of archlinux and bioarchlinux

choose mirror of archlinux from here and run the following command ( take sdu mirror as the example)

echo 'Server = https://mirrors.sdu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

choose mirror bioarchlinux from here and run the following command ( take sdu mirror as the example)

echo 'Server = https://mirrors.sdu.edu.cn/bioarchlinux/$arch' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bio

Use BioArchLinux

Finally, you can install any packages from BioArchLinux

pacman -Syu
pacman -S foo

Acknowledgment

Thanks go to James Yang for contributing exe launcher file.