wsl-open on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "wsl-open" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install wsl-open on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S wsl-open

* (Optional) Uninstall wsl-open on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns wsl-open

2. Manually Install "wsl-open" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone wsl-open's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wsl-open.git ~/wsl-open

c. Go to ~/wsl-open folder and install it

$ cd ~/wsl-open $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the wsl-open package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1111780
Name: wsl-open
PackageBaseID: 184008
PackageBase: wsl-open
Version: 2.2.1-1
Description: Utility for opening files within the Windows Subsystem for Linux command line in Windows GUI applications.
URL: https://github.com//4U6U57/wsl-open
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.004466
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fbearoff
Submitter: fbearoff
FirstSubmitted: 1657813760
LastModified: 1657813760
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wsl-open.tar.gz