"sed: can't read" and "Copy-Item ... does not exist" errors

[maphew]

My first install attempt.

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
OS Version: 10.0.19045 N/A Build 19045

[xWSL Installer 20240425]

Enter '2' for Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) or '4' for Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) [4]: 4

Enter a unique name for your distro or hit Enter for default.
Keep this name simple, no space or underscore characters [xWSL]:

Port number for xRDP traffic or hit Enter to use default [3399]:
Port number for SSHd traffic or hit Enter to use default [3322]:
Set a custom display scale or hit Enter for Windows default [1.25]:
Not recommended!  Hit X to eXclude distro from Windows Defender:

Installing xWSL Distro [xWSL] to "D:\vols\xWSL\xWSL"
This will take a few minutes, please wait...

[14:46:03] Installing Ubuntu             (~0m45s)
[14:46:51] Setup apt-fast and clone repo (~1m00s)
[14:47:01] Prerequisite components       (~1m45s)
[14:47:02] Xfce desktop environment      (~2m00s)
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/usr/local/bin/restartwsl: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/usr/local/bin/restartwsl: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml: No such file or directory sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config/xfce4/panel/whiskermenu-1.rc: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.bashrc: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/ssh/sshd_config: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/ssh/sshd_config: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/dist/usr/local/bin/initwsl: No such file or directory
fatal: The user `xrdp' does not exist.
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/wsl.conf': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/profile.d/xWSL.sh': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/usr/local/bin/restartwsl': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/usr/local/bin/initwsl': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/init.d/xrdp': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.local': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.mozilla': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/xWSL/dist/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.config': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/xWSL/dist/etc/skel/.local': No such file or directory
chown: invalid user: ‘xrdp:root’
update-rc.d: error: unable to read /etc/init.d/xrdp

Enter name of primary user for xWSL: matt
Enter password for matt: ********
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/xWSL.rdp: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/xWSL.rdp: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /tmp/xWSL/xWSL.rdp: No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/tmp/xWSL/xWSL.rdp': No such file or directory
bash: line 1: gconftool-2: command not found
bash: line 1: gconftool-2: command not found

Open Windows Firewall Ports for xRDP, SSH, mDNS...
Building RDP Connection file, Console link, Init system...
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'D:\vols\xWSL\xWSL\xWSL (matt) Desktop.rdp' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item 'D:\vols\xWSL\xWSL\xWSL (matt) Desktop.rdp' ([Environment]: ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (D:\vols\xWSL\xW...tt) Desktop.rdp:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundExceptio
   n
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand

Building Scheduled Task...
Get-Content : Cannot find path 'D:\vols\xWSL\xWSL\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:20
+ $WAI = (whoami) ; (Get-Content .\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml).replace('A ...
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (D:\vols\xWSL\xW...p\xWSL\xWSL.xml:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundExcept
   ion
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:1 char:19
+ ...  (whoami) ; (Get-Content .\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml).replace('AAAA',  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Content : Cannot find path 'D:\vols\xWSL\xWSL\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:20
+ $WAC = (pwd)    ; (Get-Content .\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml).replace('Q ...
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (D:\vols\xWSL\xW...p\xWSL\xWSL.xml:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundExcept
   ion
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:1 char:19
+ ...  (pwd)    ; (Get-Content .\rootfs\tmp\xWSL\xWSL.xml).replace('QQQQ',  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

ERROR: The system cannot find the path specified.

      Start: 2024-07-09 @ 14:27
        End: 2024-07-09 @ 14:47
   Packages: 1111

  - xRDP Server listening on port 3399 and SSHd on port 3322.

  - Links for GUI and Console sessions have been placed on your desktop.

  - (Re)launch init from the Task Scheduler or by running the following command:
    schtasks /run /tn xWSL

 xWSL Installation Complete!  GUI will start in a few seconds...

needless to say, the GUI does not start. ;-)

[ThomasEricB]

same here...