Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)'s Terminal Setup

Powerline fonts

1. Download repo https://github.com/powerline/fonts
2. Open Powershell as admin and run Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass
3. Execute .\install.ps1 inside powerline/fonts repo
4. Run Set-ExecutionPolicy Default to turn policy back

ZSH

1. in terminal sudo apt-get install zsh
2. vim ~/.bashrc add

if [ -t 1 ]; then
  exec zsh
fi

Oh My ZSH

1. go to https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
2. find installation command ex.

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

3. change theme or add plugin in ~/.zshrc

# changing theme
ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell" # or "agnoster"

# adding plugins
plugins=(
  git
  bundler
  dotenv
  osx
  rake
  rbenv
  ruby
)

Docker in WSL

1. Open Windows's Docker Settings Window
   • General Tab
   • Check Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TSL
2. install docker for ubuntu ref: https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/#extra-steps-for-aufs
3. install docker-compose for ubuntu ref: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#prerequisites
4. Add export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 to ~/.zshrc
5. Only for Ubuntu 18 sudo vim /etc/wsl.conf add:

[automount]
root = /
options = "metadata"

5. to mount drive :C/ do sudo mkdir /c and sudo mount --bind /mnt/c /c, you can do this with other drive as well
6. auto mount by add sudo mount --bind /mnt/c /c to bottom of file ~/.zshrc
7. auto mount without asking for password sudo visudo then add poldet ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mount at bottom of file, Replace poldet with user username

Tips

• Create ~/dev link for short access path ln -s /c/Users/Poldet/dev ~/dev

Troubleshooting

• git windows and git ubuntu is not sync git config core.autocrlf true

Reference:

https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/setting-up-docker-for-windows-and-wsl-to-work-flawlessly