OpenSUSE Tumbleweed setup for WSL

How-to

1. Install OpenSUSE Tumbleweed from Windows Store, and follow YaST2 setup afterward.

   winget install --id 9MSSK2ZXXN11

2. Shutdown all WSL distros, and set OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as the default,

   wsl --shutdown ; wsl --set-default openSUSE-Tumbleweed

3. Recommendedly, add the following lines in Windows $HOME\.wslconfig file,

   [wsl2]
   networkingMode = mirrored

4. Open Tumbleweed shell again, and upgrade all packages,

   sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper dup

5. Shutdown all WSL distros again after upgrade finishes, and open Tumbleweed shell again,

   wsl --shutdown

6. Optionally, set passwordless sudo. This will simplify your life in WSL.

   sudo zypper in -y system-group-wheel &&\
   sudo sh -c "echo '%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' > /usr/etc/sudoers.d/wheel" &&\
   sudo usermod -aG wheel $USER

7. Install the latest Python with pyenv, this will take some time,

   sudo zypper in -y -t pattern devel_C_C++ ;\
   sudo zypper in -y \
     pyenv       \
     xz-devel     \
     tk-devel      \
     libbz2-devel   \
     libffi-devel    \
     sqlite3-devel    \
     readline-devel    \
     libopenssl-devel  ;\
   pyenv install --list |\
   awk '/^[0-9\. ]+$/ {ver=$1} END {print ver}' |\
   xargs -I_ sh -c 'pyenv install _ && pyenv global _' ;\
   sed -i '/# pyenv BEGIN/,/# pyenv END/d' ~/.$(basename $SHELL)rc ;\
   cat <<'EOF' >> ~/.$(basename $SHELL)rc ; exec $SHELL
   # BEGIN pyenv
   export PYENV_ROOT="${HOME}/.pyenv"
   test -d "${PYENV_ROOT}/bin" && PATH=$_:$PATH && export PATH
   eval "$(pyenv init -)"
   # END pyenv
   EOF

8. Install Ansible with pipx,

   pip install --upgrade pip &&\
   pip install pipx &&\
   pipx install --include-deps ansible &&\
   pipx inject  --include-apps ansible ansible-lint

9. Test Ansible on localhost,

   ansible -i localhost, all -c local -m setup

10. Run the Ansible playbook,

    ansible-playbook -i localhost, -c local setup.yaml -vv

11. Shutdown all WSL distros from PowerShell, and your Tumbleweed will be ready afterward.

    wsl --shutdown

Using Ansible on WSL from PowerShell

Run the following command to add ansible function to PowerShell profile,

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ($PROFILE | Split-Path) -ErrorAction Ignore ;`
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE -ErrorAction Ignore ;`
@'

# Ansible
function ansible {wsl --shell-type login -- ansible @Args}

'@ | Out-File -Append -FilePath $PROFILE

Using Windows CLI tools from inside WSL

Some tools can be installed on Windows and used from inside the WSL, like bat, fd, and yq.

Install the tools with winget,

winget install sharkdp.bat sharkdp.fd MikeFarah.yq

Then, set their aliases on ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc inside the WSL distro,

for bin in bat eza yq ; do
  which ${bin}.exe &>/dev/null && alias ${bin}="${bin}.exe"
done