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Installing Rocky Linux 8.10 on WSL2

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Download the WSL 2 Image​

Download the Rocky Linux container image from the following URL:

https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/images/x86_64/Rocky-8-Container-Base.latest.x86_64.tar.xz

Reference: https://docs.rockylinux.org/8/guides/interoperability/import_rocky_to_wsl/

Extract the Image​

Extract the .tar.xz file and convert it into a .tar archive.
WSL2 can import .tar files directly.

cd ~/Downloads

xz -d Rocky-8-Container-Base.latest.x86_64.tar.xz

Note: The built‑in Windows bsdtar cannot extract this file.
If the xz command is not available, install it via Cygwin64 or use another WSL distribution.

Import the Image into WSL2​

wsl --import RockyLinux-8.10 $HOME .\Rocky-8-Container-Base.latest.x86_64.tar --version 2

Verify the Imported Image​

wsl -l -v

Add a User and Set the Default User​

Example (Username: hikari)

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- dnf install sudo passwd -y

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- adduser hikari

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- passwd -d hikari

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- usermod -aG wheel hikari

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- sed -i 's/^# %wheel/%wheel/' /etc/sudoers

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10 -u root -- echo -e "[user]\ndefault=hikari" | tee -a /etc/wsl.conf

Launch the Image​

wsl -d RockyLinux-8.10