GNOME

2023-11-25T12:04:51Z

Mdgomes: /* Troubleshooting added reference to rendering issues related with missing mesa-gles */

= Prerequisites =

* [[Installation|Install]] AlpineLinux
* [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|Create a user account]] (optional but recommended)
* [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Enable the Community repository]]

= Installing packages =

Install basic desktop system and gnome packages.
{{Cmd|# setup-desktop gnome}}

It will take care of installing the basic packages and setting up the display manager.

If you want, you can install additional GNOME apps for a more complete GNOME experience with:
{{Cmd|# apk add gnome-apps-extra}}

And even all of GNOME games with:
{{Cmd|# apk add gnome-games-collection}}

= Enabling GNOME Shell screen recording =
For the embedded screen recording in GNOME Shell to work, you will need some additional packages: {{cmd|# apk add pipewire wireplumber gst-plugin-pipewire}}

= Enabling GNOME Software =
For GNOME Software to be able to manage APK packages, it needs the <code>apk-polkit-server</code> service working. To enable it and start it up:
{{cmd|# rc-update add apk-polkit-server default && rc-service apk-polkit-server start}}

= Troubleshooting =

If you are unable to log in, check /var/log/gdm/greeter.log, there may be info there from X that indicates failed modules, etc.

If GNOME Terminal doesn't start, add the following to /etc/profile.d/locale.sh: <code>LANG=en_US.UTF-8</code> and reboot.

If the on-screen keyboard shows up in GDM after installing other UIs such as Phosh, you need to disable it by opening the Accessibility menu (top right) when you are in the GDM login screen. You can disable the on-screen keyboard there. Or set <code>org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled</code> to <code>false</code> for the <code>gdm</code> user with <code>dconf</code>

== Slow applications or rendering issues ==

Please note that some applications, i.e. Gnome Web (Epiphany), may require the installation of the <code>mesa-gles</code> (OpenGL ES) to work correctly.

Check if you you have issues loading the shared library <code>libGLESv2.so.2</code>. If so, you have to install <code>mesa-gles</code> with:

{{Cmd|# apk add mesa-gles}}

== See also ==
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME GNOME - Archwiki]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME - Gentoo Wiki]
* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME - PostmarketOS Wiki]

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