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Downloads:

4,178

Downloads of v 3.9:

4,178

Last Update:

08 May 2019

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Klaus Frank

Tags:

wsl alpine linux

Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (Install)

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3.9 | Updated: 08 May 2019

Downloads:

4,178

Downloads of v 3.9:

4,178

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Klaus Frank

Tags:

wsl alpine linux

Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (Install) 3.9

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Some Checks Are Exempted or Have Failed

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

This package has a dependency on the wsl package which in turn requires an exemption since it's a Windows10/Server2016 only package

Details

Scan Testing Resulted in Flagged:

This package was submitted (and approved) prior to automated virus scanning integration into the package moderation processs.

We recommend clicking the "Details" link to make your own decision on installing this package.

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade wsl-alpine -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade wsl-alpine -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install wsl-alpine
  win_chocolatey:
    name: wsl-alpine
    version: '3.9'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'wsl-alpine' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '3.9'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller wsl-alpine
{
    Name     = "wsl-alpine"
    Version  = "3.9"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'wsl-alpine':
  ensure   => '3.9',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 08 May 2019.

Description


choco://wsl-alpine

To use choco:// protocol URLs, install (unofficial) choco:// Protocol support


Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Windows S mode currently NOT supported.

https://github.com/agowa338/WSL-DistroLauncher-Alpine
Downloads the official Alpine Release.
Checks it's sha256 checksum
Let the windows api extract the tar.gz
Change permissions for / to 755 (non recursive)
Install some prerequirements
Create a useraccount
Drop the user into the Alpine Userland

WSL Alpine DistroLauncher
Introduction
This is the Alpine Launcher implementation for a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distribution.

Note: This project is written in C++.

Goals
The goal of this project is to enable:

Allow devolopers to use Alpine on their Windows machines for simple tasks (basically everything except kernel modules)
Allow developers to use the WSL with a very low footprint (compared to debian/ubuntu)
Use the official tar.gz userland release without building a custom userland tar.gz
Make the project "self maintained", i.e. don't require to ship any dependencies that require being updated and automatically pull the latest stable userland from the official source (WIP)
Project Status
This project is an active repo maintained by agowa338.

PACKAGE NOTES


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tools\.SkipAutoUninstaller
 
tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName    = 'wsl-alpine'
$toolsDir       = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$bits           = Get-ProcessorBits
$shortcutName   = 'Alpine.lnk'
$exe            = "$toolsDir\distro\launcher.exe"

if (!($bits -eq 64)){
    Write-Warning "  **  This package is for 64 bit versions of Windows only. Aborting..."
	throw
	}

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $packageName
  softwareName   = ''
  fileType       = 'EXE'
  silentArgs     = 'install --root'
  file           = "$exe"
  validExitCodes = @(0,1)
  }

Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs

Install-BinFile -Name Alpine -Path $exe
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$ENV:Public\Desktop\$shortcutName" -targetPath $exe -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir\distro"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -targetPath $exe -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir\distro"

wslconfig /list
Write-Host "  ** To run Alpine Linux, type Alpine from the Command Prompt or PowerShell." -ForeGround Magenta

$WhoAmI=whoami
icacls.exe "$toolsDir\distro" /grant $WhoAmI":"'(OI)(CI)'F /T | Out-Null
tools\ChocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName = 'wsl-alpine'
$shortcutName = 'Alpine.lnk'

wslconfig /unregister Alpine
wslconfig /list
Uninstall-BinFile Alpine
Remove-Item "$ENV:Public\Desktop\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
tools\distro\launcher.exe
md5: 0212C44A709693329DE54BF86FDF3F61 | sha1: 0E1DA7D9D7B8883840BF5AB3231AFBFE84D9F57C | sha256: AC7FAE02004D5D1CA34716FF9B1DDB935F9EF4DF3D3F8068769E1567CE8F2BF9 | sha512: A94F35EFC0A8736C0925240BE823D25C667428F1545E4E640E787CD61C983766B01C6903844D6AFA1C9FF8A4B310080DFBF3DC406B3DE989E9043ADEC8CA8044
tools\LICENSE.txt
==================== Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux ====================

    MIT License

    Copyright (c) 2018 agowa338
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
    copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
    SOFTWARE

==================== Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux ====================
tools\VERIFICATION.txt
==================== Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux ====================

bcurran3 downloads and packages the included binary file from the developer's repository at:
https://github.com/agowa338/WSL-DistroLauncher-Alpine/releases

==================== Alpine for Windows Subsystem for Linux ====================

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