https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Mikethe1wheelnut 2026-04-30T17:18:47Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.40.0 https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=30018 2025-05-25T11:02:00Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|# apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|# rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add flatpak}}<br /> &lt;&lt;warning! the following must be done as a user, if you do it as root, it won't work!&gt;&gt;<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.) &lt;alpine seems to think you can just log-out the user and log-back in.. haven't tested it.. I do know that logging out and back in results in software getting found. Flathub says something funny that confuses me.<br /> &lt;drop back to root&gt;<br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Logged back in as user:<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak --user install chromium}}<br /> Select the option you want, then confirm when instructed.</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=30017 2025-05-25T11:01:14Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|# apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|# rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add flatpak}}<br /> &lt;&lt;warning! the following must be done as a user, if you do it as root, it won't work!&gt;&gt;<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.) &lt;alpine seems to think you can just log-out the user and log-back in.. haven't tested it.. I do know that logging out and back in results in software getting found. Flathub says something funny that confuses me.<br /> &lt;drop back to root&gt;<br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Logged back in as user:<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak --user install chromium}}<br /> Select the option you want (there appear to be two of interest), then confirm when instructed.</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29998 2025-05-25T02:36:20Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|# apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|# rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add flatpak}}<br /> &lt;&lt;warning! the following must be done as a user, if you do it as root, it won't work!&gt;&gt;<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.) &lt;alpine seems to think you can just log-out the user and log-back in.. haven't tested it.. I do know that logging out and back in results in software getting found. Flathub says something funny that confuses me.<br /> &lt;drop back to root&gt;<br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29997 2025-05-25T02:34:08Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|# apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|# rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add flatpak}}<br /> &lt;&lt;warning! the following must be done as a user, if you do it as root, it won't work!&gt;&gt;<br /> {{cmd|$ flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> &lt;drop back to root&gt;<br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29996 2025-05-25T02:19:10Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|# apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|# rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|# flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29995 2025-05-25T02:01:08Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|# apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|# apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|# return}}<br /> {{cmd|$ startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure&diff=29994 2025-05-25T01:58:44Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> Continue to:<br /> <br /> *[[Michael's sway desktop (minimal)|Michael's sway desktop (minimal)]]<br /> *[[Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)|Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)]]</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29993 2025-05-25T00:41:40Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29992 2025-05-25T00:17:36Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> --------------------<br /> --------------------<br /> Back in cwm,<br /> <br /> /home/legolas # flatpak install flathub io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium <br /> <br /> Note that the directory <br /> <br /> '/root/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share' <br /> <br /> is not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so <br /> applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the <br /> session is restarted. <br /> <br /> Looking for matches… <br /> error: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: GPG verification enabled, but no summary found (check that the configured URL i n remote config is correct) <br /> /home/legolas # return <br /> ~ $ flatpak --user install io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium <br /> Looking for matches… <br /> error: No remote refs found for ‘io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium’ <br /> ~ $ flatpak --user search chromium <br /> No matches found <br /> ~ $ flatpak --user install chromium <br /> Looking for matches… <br /> error: No remote refs found for ‘chromium’ <br /> ~ $ flatpak --user search firefox <br /> No matches found <br /> <br /> -------------------------<br /> -------------------------<br /> <br /> Later, after some more tom-foolery that may just have messed up the system further, I get:<br /> <br /> /home/legolas # flatpak update<br /> <br /> Note that the directory <br /> <br /> '/root/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'<br /> <br /> is not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so<br /> applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the<br /> session is restarted.<br /> <br /> Looking for updates…<br /> <br /> Nothing to do.<br /> <br /> ----------------------<br /> and<br /> ----------------------<br /> <br /> /home/legolas # flatpak update --appstream<br /> <br /> Note that the directory <br /> <br /> '/root/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'<br /> <br /> is not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so<br /> applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the<br /> session is restarted.<br /> <br /> Updating appstream data for remote flathub<br /> Error updating: Error updating appstream2: No such ref 'appstream2/x86_64' in remote flathub; Error updating appstream: No such ref 'appstream/x86_64' in remote flathub</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29991 2025-05-24T19:59:55Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}<br /> At this point, flathub recommends that you restart (that means reboot, right? your system, so I'll do that.)<br /> {{cmd|reboot}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29990 2025-05-24T19:56:22Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add flatpak}}<br /> {{cmd|flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29989 2025-05-24T19:52:22Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}<br /> ------------<br /> {{cmd|apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29988 2025-05-24T19:34:33Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit}} (or polkit-elogind?)<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure&diff=29987 2025-05-24T19:32:50Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> Continue to:<br /> <br /> *[[Michael's sway desktop (minimal)|Michael's sway desktop (minimal)]]<br /> *[[Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)|Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)]]</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure&diff=29986 2025-05-24T19:32:21Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> Continue to:<br /> <br /> [[Michael's sway desktop (minimal)|Michael's sway desktop (minimal)]]<br /> [[Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)|Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)]]</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29985 2025-05-24T19:31:03Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Michael's base installation procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit-elogind}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29984 2025-05-24T19:29:54Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure|<br /> ..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit-elogind}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29983 2025-05-24T19:29:28Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>[[https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure|..continuing from basic install..]]<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit-elogind}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29982 2025-05-24T19:10:31Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)<br /> become root again, then:<br /> {{cmd|apk add polkit-elogind}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-update add polkit}}<br /> {{cmd|rc-service polkit start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29981 2025-05-24T18:57:17Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29980 2025-05-24T18:56:40Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}<br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> {{cmd|echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}} -does- provide an output. good. :-)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29979 2025-05-24T18:53:18Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}<br /> uninstall firefox<br /> {{cmd|apk del firefox}}<br /> and install flatpak (necessary for ungoogled chromium)<br /> ...<br /> add xterm so that we can do all this from inside cwm, because we need to make sure that d-bus is properly launched for this user, and that happens when we run startx, and to check, we need xterm.<br /> {{cmd|apk add xterm}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29978 2025-05-24T18:43:28Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}<br /> <br /> --------------<br /> --------------<br /> <br /> with that test completed, exit cwm (cause I feel like it)<br /> {{cmd|ctrl-alt-shift-q}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_sway_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29976 2025-05-24T15:27:38Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-desktop}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> ----------------<br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> attention! --&gt; the following makes it seem that sway can be launched from root! (this is weird, I have no idea what such a thing would imply, I haven't tested the system in this way)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29975 2025-05-24T15:21:27Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|return}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29974 2025-05-24T15:19:19Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}<br /> <br /> --&gt; leave root!:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exit}}<br /> <br /> launch cwm:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|startx}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29973 2025-05-24T15:17:39Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc in your users home folder and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29972 2025-05-24T15:17:14Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> create .cwmrc and add the following line to it:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29971 2025-05-24T15:14:50Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-xorg-base}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add cwm}}<br /> {{cmd|apk add xrandr feh}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add firefox}} (because it's easy, and allows you to test sound)<br /> <br /> add the following line to .cwmrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|bind-key CM-e /usr/bin/firefox}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29970 2025-05-24T15:09:22Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_sway_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29969 2025-05-24T15:06:40Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-desktop}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> ----------------<br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29968 2025-05-24T15:06:09Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>..continuing from basic install..<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_cwm_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29967 2025-05-24T14:51:32Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: Created page with &quot;add the following lines to .xinitrc: {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}} {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}} {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}} note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do. (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_sway_desktop_(minimal)&diff=29966 2025-05-24T14:49:42Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: Created page with &quot;{{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}} ..and now we&#039;re almost done.. {{cmd|setup-desktop}} {{cmd|sway}} {{cmd|reboot}} ---------------- {{cmd|root}} passwd.. {{cmd|sway}} this seems to work. (!)&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium}}<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-desktop}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> ----------------<br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sway}}<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Tutorials_and_Howtos&diff=29965 2025-05-24T14:48:14Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: /* Tutorials */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:package_edutainment.svg|right|link=]]<br /> {{TOC left}}<br /> <br /> '''Welcome to Tutorials and Howtos, a place of basic and advanced configuration tasks for your Alpine Linux.'''<br /> <br /> '''Howtos are smaller articles''' explaining how to perform a particular task with Alpine Linux, that expects a minimal knowledge from reader to perform actions. Howto's have been organized in the below page based on the topics. <br /> <br /> '''The [[#Tutorials|tutorials]] are hands-on''' and the reader is expected to try and achieve the goals described in each step, possibly with the help of a good example. The output in one step is the starting point for the following step.<br /> <br /> {{Note|<br /> * Contributors are requested to refer to [[Help:Editing]] first and make use of resources like [[How to write a HOWTO]].<br /> * Contributions must be complete articles. <br /> * Don't override already made contributions, unless there is a mistake. <br /> * If you want to request a topic, please add your request in this page's [[Talk:Tutorials_and_Howtos|Discussion]].}}<br /> <br /> == Desktop ==<br /> <br /> * {{:Daily driver guide}}<br /> <br /> === Networking ===<br /> <br /> * [[Bluetooth]] - Instructions for installing and configuring Bluetooth<br /> * [[Bonding]] - Bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces<br /> * [[Bridge]] - Configuring a network bridge<br /> ** [[Bridge wlan0 to eth0]]<br /> * [[Configure Networking]]<br /> * [[How to configure static routes]]<br /> * Modem<br /> ** [[Using HSDPA modem]]<br /> ** [[Using serial modem]]<br /> * [[mDNS]] - Howto implement multicast DNS resolution in Alpine. <br /> * [[Multi ISP]] ''(Dual-ISP setup with load-balancing and automatic failover)''<br /> * [[PXE boot]]<br /> * Wi-Fi<br /> ** [[Wi-Fi|Connecting to a wireless access point]]<br /> ** [[How to setup a wireless access point]] ''(Setting up Secure Wireless AP w/ WPA encryption with bridge to wired network)''<br /> * [[VLAN]]<br /> <br /> === Backup and data migration ===<br /> <br /> * [[Migrating data]]<br /> * [[Rsnapshot]] - setting up periodic backups<br /> <br /> === Other topics ===<br /> <br /> * [[Gaming on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Remote Desktop Server]]<br /> * [[Default applications|How to change default application]]<br /> * [[CPU frequency scaling]]<br /> * [[Mimalloc]]<br /> * [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]]<br /> * [[How to build the Alpine Linux kernel]]<br /> * [[Nextcloud]] ''(Self hostable cloud suite - Dropbox Alternative)''<br /> * [[Setting up lm_sensors]]<br /> * [[Desktop environments and Window managers|List of supported Desktop environments and Window managers]]<br /> <br /> == Diskless ==<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)''<br /> ** [[Back Up a Flash Memory Installation]]<br /> ** [[Manually editing a existing apkovl]]<br /> <br /> == Other Architectures ==<br /> <br /> === ARM ===<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine on ARM]]<br /> <br /> ==== Raspberry Pi ====<br /> <br /> * [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi main page]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker|Raspberry Pi - Bluetooth Speaker]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi (IPv6)|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN (IPv6)]]<br /> * [[Classic install or sys mode on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi LVM on LUKS|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install - LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver|Raspberry Pi - Video Receiver]] ''(network video decoder using Rasperry Pi and omxplayer)''<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Browser Client]] - kiosk or digital sign<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Configuring it as wireless access point -AP Mode]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Setting Up Bluetooth]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 4 - Persistent system acting as a NAS and Time Machine]]<br /> * [[How to set up Alpine as a wireless router|Raspberry Pi Zero W - Wireless router]] ''(Setting up a firewalled, Wireless AP with wired network on a Pi Zero W)''<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver]]<br /> <br /> === IBM Z (IBM z Systems) ===<br /> <br /> * [[s390x|s390x - Installation]]<br /> <br /> === PowerPC ===<br /> <br /> * [[Ppc64le|Powerpc64le - Installation]]<br /> <br /> == Security ==<br /> <br /> * Refer [[#Desktop security|Desktop security]] for securing Alpine Linux desktops<br /> * [[Securing Alpine Linux|Secure Alpine Linux]] using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)<br /> <br /> == Services == <br /> <br /> {{Note| Services are arranged in alphabetical order.}}<br /> <br /> === Content management systems ===<br /> <br /> * [[DokuWiki]] ''(Simple and easy to use wiki, no database required)''<br /> * [[Drupal]] ''(Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP)''<br /> * [[Kopano]] ''(Microsoft Outlook compatible Groupware)''<br /> * [[Mahara]] ''(E-portfolio and social networking system)''<br /> * [[MediaWiki]] ''(Free web-based wiki software application)''<br /> * [[Pastebin]] ''(Pastebin software application)''<br /> * [[WordPress]] ''(Web software to create website or blog)''<br /> * [[Moodle]] ''(Online Learning Management system)''<br /> <br /> === Database === <br /> <br /> * [[MariaDB]] or [[MySQL|MySQL]]<br /> <br /> === DNS ===<br /> <br /> * [[DNSCrypt-Proxy]] ''Encrypt and authenticate DNS calls from your system''<br /> * [[Setting up nsd DNS server]]<br /> * [[Small-Time DNS with BIND9]] ''(A simple configuration with ad blocking for your home network)''<br /> * Unbound<br /> ** [[Setting up unbound DNS server]]<br /> ** [[Using Unbound as an Ad-blocker]] ''(Setup ad blocking for your network)''<br /> * [[TinyDNS Format]]<br /> <br /> === File server ===<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up an NFS server|nfs-server]]<br /> * [[Setting up a Samba server|samba-server]] ''(standard file sharing)''<br /> * [[Setting up a samba-ad-dc|samba-ad-dc]] ''(Active Directory compatible domain controller)''<br /> <br /> === Firewall and VPN ===<br /> <br /> * Alpine Wall ''(a new firewall management framework)''<br /> ** [[Alpine Wall]]<br /> ** [https://git.alpinelinux.org/awall/about/ Alpine Wall User's Guide]<br /> ** [[How-To Alpine Wall]]<br /> * [[Freeradius Active Directory Integration]]<br /> * [[GNUnet]]<br /> * [[IGMPproxy]]<br /> * [[Setting up a OpenVPN server|OpenVPN server]] ''(Allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network)''<br /> * [[OpenVSwitch]]<br /> * [[Tor]]<br /> * [[Uncomplicated Firewall|Uncomplicated Firewall or UFW]]<br /> * [[Using Alpine on Windows domain with IPSEC isolation]]<br /> * [[Configure a Wireguard interface (wg)|Wireguard]]<br /> <br /> === HTTP and web services ===<br /> <br /> * [[Althttpd]]<br /> * [[Apache]]<br /> ** [[Apache with php-fpm]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Apache with PHP]]<br /> ** [[Apache authentication: NTLM Single Signon]]<br /> * [[Darkhttpd]]<br /> * [[Lighttpd]]<br /> ** [[Lighttpd Advanced security]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI]]<br /> ** [[Production Web server: Lighttpd|Production web server: Lighttpd‎‎]]<br /> * [[Nginx]]<br /> ** [[Nginx as reverse proxy with acme (letsencrypt)]]<br /> ** [[Nginx with PHP]]<br /> * Squid Proxy<br /> ** [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up Explicit Squid Proxy]]<br /> ** [[Setting up Transparent Squid Proxy]] ''(Covers Squid proxy and URL Filtering system)''<br /> ** [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Tomcat]]<br /> ** [[Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MySQL‎‎|Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MariaDB/MySQL‎‎]]<br /> <br /> === IRC ===<br /> <br /> * [[NgIRCd]] ''(Server for Internet Relay Chat/IRC)''<br /> <br /> === Mail ===<br /> <br /> * [[Hosting services on Alpine]] ''(Hosting mail, webservices and other services)''<br /> * [[Hosting Web/Email services on Alpine]]<br /> * Exim/Dovecot<br /> ** [[Small-Time Email with Exim and Dovecot]] ''(A simple configuration for your home network.)<br /> ** [[Setting up dovecot with imap and tls]]<br /> * [[relay email to gmail (msmtp, mailx, sendmail]]<br /> * [[relay email (nullmailer)]]<br /> * [[Roundcube]] ''(Webmail system)''<br /> * [[Setting up postfix with virtual domains]]<br /> * Server protection<br /> ** [[Setting up clamsmtp]]<br /> <br /> === Monitoring ===<br /> <br /> * [[Awstats]] ''(Free log file analyzer)''<br /> * [[Cacti: traffic analysis and monitoring network]] ''(Front-end for rrdtool networking monitor)''<br /> * [[Cvechecker]] ''(Compare installed packages for Common Vulnerabilities Exposure)'' &lt;!-- Monitoring and Security --&gt;<br /> * [[Linfo]]<br /> * [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> * [[PhpSysInfo]] ''(A simple application that displays information about the host it's running on)''<br /> * [[Logcheck]] ''(log file monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Matomo]] ''(A real time web analytics software program)''<br /> * [[Rasdaemon]] ''(Platform Reliability, Availability and Serviceability monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft, solution, Networking and Monitoring and Server --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up NRPE daemon]] ''(Performs remote Nagios checks)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Setting Up Fprobe And Ntop|Ntop]] ''(NetFlow collection and analysis using a remote fprobe instance; for alpine 3.10-3.12 only)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Traffic monitoring]] &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up monitoring using rrdtool (and rrdcollect)]]<br /> ** [[Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)]] &lt;!-- Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Zabbix|Zabbix - the professional complete manager]] ''(Monitor and track the status of network services and hardware)''<br /> * [[ZoneMinder video camera security and surveillance]]<br /> <br /> === Remote Administration ===<br /> <br /> * ACF<br /> ** [[Changing passwords for ACF|ACF - changing passwords]]<br /> ** [[Generating SSL certs with ACF]] &lt;!-- Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9 --&gt;<br /> ** [[setup-acf| ACF - setup]] ''(Configures ACF (webconfiguration/webmin) so you can manage your box through https)''<br /> * [[Setting up a SSH server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)''<br /> ** [[HOWTO OpenSSH 2FA with password and Google Authenticator |OpenSSH 2FA]] ''(A simple two factor setup for OpenSSH)''<br /> * [[OpenVCP]] ''(VServer Control Panel)''<br /> * [[PhpMyAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for MYSQL)''<br /> * [[PhpPgAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL)''<br /> * [[Webmin]] ''(A web-based interface for Linux system)''<br /> <br /> === Telephony ===<br /> <br /> * [[FreePBX|FreePBX on Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Setting up Zaptel/Asterisk on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Kamailio]] ''(SIP Server, formerly OpenSER)''<br /> <br /> === Other Servers ===<br /> <br /> * [[apcupsd]] ''(UPS Monitoring with apcupsd)''<br /> * [[Chrony and GPSD | Chrony, gpsd, and a garmin LVC 18 as a Stratum 1 NTP source ]]<br /> * [[Glpi]] ''(Manage inventory of technical resources)''<br /> * [[How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror]]<br /> * [[nut-ups|NUT UPS]] ''(UPS Monitoring with Network UPS Tools)''<br /> * [[Odoo]]<br /> * [[Configure OpenLDAP | OpenLDAP]] ''(Installing and configuring the Alpine package for OpenLDAP)''<br /> * [[Setting up a LLDAP server|lldap-server]] ''(Directory Server)''<br /> * [[Setting up Transmission (bittorrent) with Clutch WebUI]]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Software development ==<br /> <br /> * [[Cgit]]<br /> * [[OsTicket]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Patchwork]] ''(Patch review management system)''<br /> * [[Redmine]] ''(Project management system) [Deprecated]''<br /> * [[Request Tracker]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Setting up trac wiki|Trac]] ''(Enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects)''<br /> * [[Ansible]] ''(Configuration management)''<br /> * [[Installing Oracle Java|Oracle Java (installation)]]<br /> <br /> == Storage ==<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up disks manually|Manual partitioning]]<br /> * [[Disk Replication with DRBD|DRBD: Disk Replication]]<br /> * [[Filesystems]]<br /> ** [[Burning ISOs]]<br /> * [[Setting up iSCSI|iSCSI Setup]]<br /> ** [[iSCSI Raid and Clustered File Systems]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)|iSCSI Target (TCM)/LinuxIO (LIO)]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (tgt)|User space iSCSI Target (tgt)]]<br /> * [[Setting up Logical Volumes with LVM|LVM Setup]]<br /> ** [[Setting up LVM on GPT-labeled disks|LVM on GPT-labeled disks]]<br /> ** [[Installing on GPT LVM|LVM on GPT-labeled disks (updated)]]<br /> ** [[LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * RAID<br /> ** [[Raid Administration]]<br /> ** [[Setting up a software RAID array]]<br /> * [[ZFS]]<br /> ** [[Root on ZFS with native encryption]]<br /> ** [[Setting up ZFS on LUKS]]<br /> * [[CEPH|CEPH]]<br /> <br /> == Virtualization ==<br /> <br /> * [[Docker]]<br /> * [[Installing Alpine in a virtual machine]]<br /> ** [[Install Alpine on VMware ESXi]]<br /> * [[KVM]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a KVM hypervisor)''<br /> * [[LXC]] ''(Setting up a Linux container in Alpine Linux)''<br /> * [[QEMU]]<br /> * Xen<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor)''<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0 on USB or SD]]<br /> ** [[Create Alpine Linux PV DomU|Xen DomU (paravirtualized)]]<br /> ** [[Xen LiveCD]]<br /> ** [[Xen PCI Passthrough]]<br /> ** [[K8s]] Building a K8s Kubernetes Cluster on Alpine Linux<br /> <br /> == Tutorials ==<br /> <br /> * [[TTY_Autologin|TTY Autologin]]<br /> * [[Kexec|Faster rebooting with kexec]]<br /> * [[Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)]] combined with [[Small Office Services]]<br /> * [[DIY Fully working Alpine Linux for Allwinner and Other ARM SOCs]]<br /> * [[Fault Tolerant Routing with Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[High Availability High Performance Web Cache]] ''(uCarp + HAProxy for High Availability Services such as Squid web proxy)''<br /> * [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)]]<br /> * [[ISP Mail Server 3.x HowTo]] ''(Postfix+PostfixAdmin+DoveCot+Roundcube+ClamAV+Spamd - A full-service ISP mail server)''<br /> * [[Grommunio Mail Server]] ''(Mariadb+Postfix+Rspamd+Grommunio - Full-service mail server as MS exchange replacement)''<br /> * [[Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely]]<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft --&gt;<br /> * [[Streaming Security Camera Video with VLC]]<br /> * [[Install Alpine on a btrfs filesystem with refind as boot manager]]<br /> * [[Compile software from source|How to Compile a software from source in Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Michael's base installation procedure|Michael's base installation procedure]]<br /> * [[Michael's sway desktop (minimal)|Michael's sway desktop (minimal)]]<br /> * [[Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)|Michael's cwm desktop (minimal)]]</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_base_installation_procedure&diff=29964 2025-05-24T14:46:20Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: Splitting up instructions between base procedure and desktop setup (so different desktop setups can be documented)</p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Tutorials_and_Howtos&diff=29963 2025-05-24T14:45:18Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: /* Tutorials */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:package_edutainment.svg|right|link=]]<br /> {{TOC left}}<br /> <br /> '''Welcome to Tutorials and Howtos, a place of basic and advanced configuration tasks for your Alpine Linux.'''<br /> <br /> '''Howtos are smaller articles''' explaining how to perform a particular task with Alpine Linux, that expects a minimal knowledge from reader to perform actions. Howto's have been organized in the below page based on the topics. <br /> <br /> '''The [[#Tutorials|tutorials]] are hands-on''' and the reader is expected to try and achieve the goals described in each step, possibly with the help of a good example. The output in one step is the starting point for the following step.<br /> <br /> {{Note|<br /> * Contributors are requested to refer to [[Help:Editing]] first and make use of resources like [[How to write a HOWTO]].<br /> * Contributions must be complete articles. <br /> * Don't override already made contributions, unless there is a mistake. <br /> * If you want to request a topic, please add your request in this page's [[Talk:Tutorials_and_Howtos|Discussion]].}}<br /> <br /> == Desktop ==<br /> <br /> * {{:Daily driver guide}}<br /> <br /> === Networking ===<br /> <br /> * [[Bluetooth]] - Instructions for installing and configuring Bluetooth<br /> * [[Bonding]] - Bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces<br /> * [[Bridge]] - Configuring a network bridge<br /> ** [[Bridge wlan0 to eth0]]<br /> * [[Configure Networking]]<br /> * [[How to configure static routes]]<br /> * Modem<br /> ** [[Using HSDPA modem]]<br /> ** [[Using serial modem]]<br /> * [[mDNS]] - Howto implement multicast DNS resolution in Alpine. <br /> * [[Multi ISP]] ''(Dual-ISP setup with load-balancing and automatic failover)''<br /> * [[PXE boot]]<br /> * Wi-Fi<br /> ** [[Wi-Fi|Connecting to a wireless access point]]<br /> ** [[How to setup a wireless access point]] ''(Setting up Secure Wireless AP w/ WPA encryption with bridge to wired network)''<br /> * [[VLAN]]<br /> <br /> === Backup and data migration ===<br /> <br /> * [[Migrating data]]<br /> * [[Rsnapshot]] - setting up periodic backups<br /> <br /> === Other topics ===<br /> <br /> * [[Gaming on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Remote Desktop Server]]<br /> * [[Default applications|How to change default application]]<br /> * [[CPU frequency scaling]]<br /> * [[Mimalloc]]<br /> * [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]]<br /> * [[How to build the Alpine Linux kernel]]<br /> * [[Nextcloud]] ''(Self hostable cloud suite - Dropbox Alternative)''<br /> * [[Setting up lm_sensors]]<br /> * [[Desktop environments and Window managers|List of supported Desktop environments and Window managers]]<br /> <br /> == Diskless ==<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)''<br /> ** [[Back Up a Flash Memory Installation]]<br /> ** [[Manually editing a existing apkovl]]<br /> <br /> == Other Architectures ==<br /> <br /> === ARM ===<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine on ARM]]<br /> <br /> ==== Raspberry Pi ====<br /> <br /> * [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi main page]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker|Raspberry Pi - Bluetooth Speaker]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi (IPv6)|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN (IPv6)]]<br /> * [[Classic install or sys mode on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi LVM on LUKS|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install - LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver|Raspberry Pi - Video Receiver]] ''(network video decoder using Rasperry Pi and omxplayer)''<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Browser Client]] - kiosk or digital sign<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Configuring it as wireless access point -AP Mode]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Setting Up Bluetooth]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 4 - Persistent system acting as a NAS and Time Machine]]<br /> * [[How to set up Alpine as a wireless router|Raspberry Pi Zero W - Wireless router]] ''(Setting up a firewalled, Wireless AP with wired network on a Pi Zero W)''<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver]]<br /> <br /> === IBM Z (IBM z Systems) ===<br /> <br /> * [[s390x|s390x - Installation]]<br /> <br /> === PowerPC ===<br /> <br /> * [[Ppc64le|Powerpc64le - Installation]]<br /> <br /> == Security ==<br /> <br /> * Refer [[#Desktop security|Desktop security]] for securing Alpine Linux desktops<br /> * [[Securing Alpine Linux|Secure Alpine Linux]] using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)<br /> <br /> == Services == <br /> <br /> {{Note| Services are arranged in alphabetical order.}}<br /> <br /> === Content management systems ===<br /> <br /> * [[DokuWiki]] ''(Simple and easy to use wiki, no database required)''<br /> * [[Drupal]] ''(Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP)''<br /> * [[Kopano]] ''(Microsoft Outlook compatible Groupware)''<br /> * [[Mahara]] ''(E-portfolio and social networking system)''<br /> * [[MediaWiki]] ''(Free web-based wiki software application)''<br /> * [[Pastebin]] ''(Pastebin software application)''<br /> * [[WordPress]] ''(Web software to create website or blog)''<br /> * [[Moodle]] ''(Online Learning Management system)''<br /> <br /> === Database === <br /> <br /> * [[MariaDB]] or [[MySQL|MySQL]]<br /> <br /> === DNS ===<br /> <br /> * [[DNSCrypt-Proxy]] ''Encrypt and authenticate DNS calls from your system''<br /> * [[Setting up nsd DNS server]]<br /> * [[Small-Time DNS with BIND9]] ''(A simple configuration with ad blocking for your home network)''<br /> * Unbound<br /> ** [[Setting up unbound DNS server]]<br /> ** [[Using Unbound as an Ad-blocker]] ''(Setup ad blocking for your network)''<br /> * [[TinyDNS Format]]<br /> <br /> === File server ===<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up an NFS server|nfs-server]]<br /> * [[Setting up a Samba server|samba-server]] ''(standard file sharing)''<br /> * [[Setting up a samba-ad-dc|samba-ad-dc]] ''(Active Directory compatible domain controller)''<br /> <br /> === Firewall and VPN ===<br /> <br /> * Alpine Wall ''(a new firewall management framework)''<br /> ** [[Alpine Wall]]<br /> ** [https://git.alpinelinux.org/awall/about/ Alpine Wall User's Guide]<br /> ** [[How-To Alpine Wall]]<br /> * [[Freeradius Active Directory Integration]]<br /> * [[GNUnet]]<br /> * [[IGMPproxy]]<br /> * [[Setting up a OpenVPN server|OpenVPN server]] ''(Allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network)''<br /> * [[OpenVSwitch]]<br /> * [[Tor]]<br /> * [[Uncomplicated Firewall|Uncomplicated Firewall or UFW]]<br /> * [[Using Alpine on Windows domain with IPSEC isolation]]<br /> * [[Configure a Wireguard interface (wg)|Wireguard]]<br /> <br /> === HTTP and web services ===<br /> <br /> * [[Althttpd]]<br /> * [[Apache]]<br /> ** [[Apache with php-fpm]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Apache with PHP]]<br /> ** [[Apache authentication: NTLM Single Signon]]<br /> * [[Darkhttpd]]<br /> * [[Lighttpd]]<br /> ** [[Lighttpd Advanced security]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI]]<br /> ** [[Production Web server: Lighttpd|Production web server: Lighttpd‎‎]]<br /> * [[Nginx]]<br /> ** [[Nginx as reverse proxy with acme (letsencrypt)]]<br /> ** [[Nginx with PHP]]<br /> * Squid Proxy<br /> ** [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up Explicit Squid Proxy]]<br /> ** [[Setting up Transparent Squid Proxy]] ''(Covers Squid proxy and URL Filtering system)''<br /> ** [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Tomcat]]<br /> ** [[Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MySQL‎‎|Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MariaDB/MySQL‎‎]]<br /> <br /> === IRC ===<br /> <br /> * [[NgIRCd]] ''(Server for Internet Relay Chat/IRC)''<br /> <br /> === Mail ===<br /> <br /> * [[Hosting services on Alpine]] ''(Hosting mail, webservices and other services)''<br /> * [[Hosting Web/Email services on Alpine]]<br /> * Exim/Dovecot<br /> ** [[Small-Time Email with Exim and Dovecot]] ''(A simple configuration for your home network.)<br /> ** [[Setting up dovecot with imap and tls]]<br /> * [[relay email to gmail (msmtp, mailx, sendmail]]<br /> * [[relay email (nullmailer)]]<br /> * [[Roundcube]] ''(Webmail system)''<br /> * [[Setting up postfix with virtual domains]]<br /> * Server protection<br /> ** [[Setting up clamsmtp]]<br /> <br /> === Monitoring ===<br /> <br /> * [[Awstats]] ''(Free log file analyzer)''<br /> * [[Cacti: traffic analysis and monitoring network]] ''(Front-end for rrdtool networking monitor)''<br /> * [[Cvechecker]] ''(Compare installed packages for Common Vulnerabilities Exposure)'' &lt;!-- Monitoring and Security --&gt;<br /> * [[Linfo]]<br /> * [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> * [[PhpSysInfo]] ''(A simple application that displays information about the host it's running on)''<br /> * [[Logcheck]] ''(log file monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Matomo]] ''(A real time web analytics software program)''<br /> * [[Rasdaemon]] ''(Platform Reliability, Availability and Serviceability monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft, solution, Networking and Monitoring and Server --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up NRPE daemon]] ''(Performs remote Nagios checks)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Setting Up Fprobe And Ntop|Ntop]] ''(NetFlow collection and analysis using a remote fprobe instance; for alpine 3.10-3.12 only)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Traffic monitoring]] &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up monitoring using rrdtool (and rrdcollect)]]<br /> ** [[Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)]] &lt;!-- Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Zabbix|Zabbix - the professional complete manager]] ''(Monitor and track the status of network services and hardware)''<br /> * [[ZoneMinder video camera security and surveillance]]<br /> <br /> === Remote Administration ===<br /> <br /> * ACF<br /> ** [[Changing passwords for ACF|ACF - changing passwords]]<br /> ** [[Generating SSL certs with ACF]] &lt;!-- Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9 --&gt;<br /> ** [[setup-acf| ACF - setup]] ''(Configures ACF (webconfiguration/webmin) so you can manage your box through https)''<br /> * [[Setting up a SSH server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)''<br /> ** [[HOWTO OpenSSH 2FA with password and Google Authenticator |OpenSSH 2FA]] ''(A simple two factor setup for OpenSSH)''<br /> * [[OpenVCP]] ''(VServer Control Panel)''<br /> * [[PhpMyAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for MYSQL)''<br /> * [[PhpPgAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL)''<br /> * [[Webmin]] ''(A web-based interface for Linux system)''<br /> <br /> === Telephony ===<br /> <br /> * [[FreePBX|FreePBX on Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Setting up Zaptel/Asterisk on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Kamailio]] ''(SIP Server, formerly OpenSER)''<br /> <br /> === Other Servers ===<br /> <br /> * [[apcupsd]] ''(UPS Monitoring with apcupsd)''<br /> * [[Chrony and GPSD | Chrony, gpsd, and a garmin LVC 18 as a Stratum 1 NTP source ]]<br /> * [[Glpi]] ''(Manage inventory of technical resources)''<br /> * [[How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror]]<br /> * [[nut-ups|NUT UPS]] ''(UPS Monitoring with Network UPS Tools)''<br /> * [[Odoo]]<br /> * [[Configure OpenLDAP | OpenLDAP]] ''(Installing and configuring the Alpine package for OpenLDAP)''<br /> * [[Setting up a LLDAP server|lldap-server]] ''(Directory Server)''<br /> * [[Setting up Transmission (bittorrent) with Clutch WebUI]]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Software development ==<br /> <br /> * [[Cgit]]<br /> * [[OsTicket]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Patchwork]] ''(Patch review management system)''<br /> * [[Redmine]] ''(Project management system) [Deprecated]''<br /> * [[Request Tracker]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Setting up trac wiki|Trac]] ''(Enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects)''<br /> * [[Ansible]] ''(Configuration management)''<br /> * [[Installing Oracle Java|Oracle Java (installation)]]<br /> <br /> == Storage ==<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up disks manually|Manual partitioning]]<br /> * [[Disk Replication with DRBD|DRBD: Disk Replication]]<br /> * [[Filesystems]]<br /> ** [[Burning ISOs]]<br /> * [[Setting up iSCSI|iSCSI Setup]]<br /> ** [[iSCSI Raid and Clustered File Systems]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)|iSCSI Target (TCM)/LinuxIO (LIO)]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (tgt)|User space iSCSI Target (tgt)]]<br /> * [[Setting up Logical Volumes with LVM|LVM Setup]]<br /> ** [[Setting up LVM on GPT-labeled disks|LVM on GPT-labeled disks]]<br /> ** [[Installing on GPT LVM|LVM on GPT-labeled disks (updated)]]<br /> ** [[LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * RAID<br /> ** [[Raid Administration]]<br /> ** [[Setting up a software RAID array]]<br /> * [[ZFS]]<br /> ** [[Root on ZFS with native encryption]]<br /> ** [[Setting up ZFS on LUKS]]<br /> * [[CEPH|CEPH]]<br /> <br /> == Virtualization ==<br /> <br /> * [[Docker]]<br /> * [[Installing Alpine in a virtual machine]]<br /> ** [[Install Alpine on VMware ESXi]]<br /> * [[KVM]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a KVM hypervisor)''<br /> * [[LXC]] ''(Setting up a Linux container in Alpine Linux)''<br /> * [[QEMU]]<br /> * Xen<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor)''<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0 on USB or SD]]<br /> ** [[Create Alpine Linux PV DomU|Xen DomU (paravirtualized)]]<br /> ** [[Xen LiveCD]]<br /> ** [[Xen PCI Passthrough]]<br /> ** [[K8s]] Building a K8s Kubernetes Cluster on Alpine Linux<br /> <br /> == Tutorials ==<br /> <br /> * [[TTY_Autologin|TTY Autologin]]<br /> * [[Kexec|Faster rebooting with kexec]]<br /> * [[Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)]] combined with [[Small Office Services]]<br /> * [[DIY Fully working Alpine Linux for Allwinner and Other ARM SOCs]]<br /> * [[Fault Tolerant Routing with Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[High Availability High Performance Web Cache]] ''(uCarp + HAProxy for High Availability Services such as Squid web proxy)''<br /> * [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)]]<br /> * [[ISP Mail Server 3.x HowTo]] ''(Postfix+PostfixAdmin+DoveCot+Roundcube+ClamAV+Spamd - A full-service ISP mail server)''<br /> * [[Grommunio Mail Server]] ''(Mariadb+Postfix+Rspamd+Grommunio - Full-service mail server as MS exchange replacement)''<br /> * [[Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely]]<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft --&gt;<br /> * [[Streaming Security Camera Video with VLC]]<br /> * [[Install Alpine on a btrfs filesystem with refind as boot manager]]<br /> * [[Compile software from source|How to Compile a software from source in Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Michael's base installation procedure|Michael's base installation procedure]]</div>

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<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: /* Tutorials */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:package_edutainment.svg|right|link=]]<br /> {{TOC left}}<br /> <br /> '''Welcome to Tutorials and Howtos, a place of basic and advanced configuration tasks for your Alpine Linux.'''<br /> <br /> '''Howtos are smaller articles''' explaining how to perform a particular task with Alpine Linux, that expects a minimal knowledge from reader to perform actions. Howto's have been organized in the below page based on the topics. <br /> <br /> '''The [[#Tutorials|tutorials]] are hands-on''' and the reader is expected to try and achieve the goals described in each step, possibly with the help of a good example. The output in one step is the starting point for the following step.<br /> <br /> {{Note|<br /> * Contributors are requested to refer to [[Help:Editing]] first and make use of resources like [[How to write a HOWTO]].<br /> * Contributions must be complete articles. <br /> * Don't override already made contributions, unless there is a mistake. <br /> * If you want to request a topic, please add your request in this page's [[Talk:Tutorials_and_Howtos|Discussion]].}}<br /> <br /> == Desktop ==<br /> <br /> * {{:Daily driver guide}}<br /> <br /> === Networking ===<br /> <br /> * [[Bluetooth]] - Instructions for installing and configuring Bluetooth<br /> * [[Bonding]] - Bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces<br /> * [[Bridge]] - Configuring a network bridge<br /> ** [[Bridge wlan0 to eth0]]<br /> * [[Configure Networking]]<br /> * [[How to configure static routes]]<br /> * Modem<br /> ** [[Using HSDPA modem]]<br /> ** [[Using serial modem]]<br /> * [[mDNS]] - Howto implement multicast DNS resolution in Alpine. <br /> * [[Multi ISP]] ''(Dual-ISP setup with load-balancing and automatic failover)''<br /> * [[PXE boot]]<br /> * Wi-Fi<br /> ** [[Wi-Fi|Connecting to a wireless access point]]<br /> ** [[How to setup a wireless access point]] ''(Setting up Secure Wireless AP w/ WPA encryption with bridge to wired network)''<br /> * [[VLAN]]<br /> <br /> === Backup and data migration ===<br /> <br /> * [[Migrating data]]<br /> * [[Rsnapshot]] - setting up periodic backups<br /> <br /> === Other topics ===<br /> <br /> * [[Gaming on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Remote Desktop Server]]<br /> * [[Default applications|How to change default application]]<br /> * [[CPU frequency scaling]]<br /> * [[Mimalloc]]<br /> * [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]]<br /> * [[How to build the Alpine Linux kernel]]<br /> * [[Nextcloud]] ''(Self hostable cloud suite - Dropbox Alternative)''<br /> * [[Setting up lm_sensors]]<br /> * [[Desktop environments and Window managers|List of supported Desktop environments and Window managers]]<br /> <br /> == Diskless ==<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)''<br /> ** [[Back Up a Flash Memory Installation]]<br /> ** [[Manually editing a existing apkovl]]<br /> <br /> == Other Architectures ==<br /> <br /> === ARM ===<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine on ARM]]<br /> <br /> ==== Raspberry Pi ====<br /> <br /> * [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi main page]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker|Raspberry Pi - Bluetooth Speaker]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi (IPv6)|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN (IPv6)]]<br /> * [[Classic install or sys mode on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi LVM on LUKS|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install - LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver|Raspberry Pi - Video Receiver]] ''(network video decoder using Rasperry Pi and omxplayer)''<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Browser Client]] - kiosk or digital sign<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Configuring it as wireless access point -AP Mode]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Setting Up Bluetooth]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 4 - Persistent system acting as a NAS and Time Machine]]<br /> * [[How to set up Alpine as a wireless router|Raspberry Pi Zero W - Wireless router]] ''(Setting up a firewalled, Wireless AP with wired network on a Pi Zero W)''<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver]]<br /> <br /> === IBM Z (IBM z Systems) ===<br /> <br /> * [[s390x|s390x - Installation]]<br /> <br /> === PowerPC ===<br /> <br /> * [[Ppc64le|Powerpc64le - Installation]]<br /> <br /> == Security ==<br /> <br /> * Refer [[#Desktop security|Desktop security]] for securing Alpine Linux desktops<br /> * [[Securing Alpine Linux|Secure Alpine Linux]] using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)<br /> <br /> == Services == <br /> <br /> {{Note| Services are arranged in alphabetical order.}}<br /> <br /> === Content management systems ===<br /> <br /> * [[DokuWiki]] ''(Simple and easy to use wiki, no database required)''<br /> * [[Drupal]] ''(Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP)''<br /> * [[Kopano]] ''(Microsoft Outlook compatible Groupware)''<br /> * [[Mahara]] ''(E-portfolio and social networking system)''<br /> * [[MediaWiki]] ''(Free web-based wiki software application)''<br /> * [[Pastebin]] ''(Pastebin software application)''<br /> * [[WordPress]] ''(Web software to create website or blog)''<br /> * [[Moodle]] ''(Online Learning Management system)''<br /> <br /> === Database === <br /> <br /> * [[MariaDB]] or [[MySQL|MySQL]]<br /> <br /> === DNS ===<br /> <br /> * [[DNSCrypt-Proxy]] ''Encrypt and authenticate DNS calls from your system''<br /> * [[Setting up nsd DNS server]]<br /> * [[Small-Time DNS with BIND9]] ''(A simple configuration with ad blocking for your home network)''<br /> * Unbound<br /> ** [[Setting up unbound DNS server]]<br /> ** [[Using Unbound as an Ad-blocker]] ''(Setup ad blocking for your network)''<br /> * [[TinyDNS Format]]<br /> <br /> === File server ===<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up an NFS server|nfs-server]]<br /> * [[Setting up a Samba server|samba-server]] ''(standard file sharing)''<br /> * [[Setting up a samba-ad-dc|samba-ad-dc]] ''(Active Directory compatible domain controller)''<br /> <br /> === Firewall and VPN ===<br /> <br /> * Alpine Wall ''(a new firewall management framework)''<br /> ** [[Alpine Wall]]<br /> ** [https://git.alpinelinux.org/awall/about/ Alpine Wall User's Guide]<br /> ** [[How-To Alpine Wall]]<br /> * [[Freeradius Active Directory Integration]]<br /> * [[GNUnet]]<br /> * [[IGMPproxy]]<br /> * [[Setting up a OpenVPN server|OpenVPN server]] ''(Allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network)''<br /> * [[OpenVSwitch]]<br /> * [[Tor]]<br /> * [[Uncomplicated Firewall|Uncomplicated Firewall or UFW]]<br /> * [[Using Alpine on Windows domain with IPSEC isolation]]<br /> * [[Configure a Wireguard interface (wg)|Wireguard]]<br /> <br /> === HTTP and web services ===<br /> <br /> * [[Althttpd]]<br /> * [[Apache]]<br /> ** [[Apache with php-fpm]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Apache with PHP]]<br /> ** [[Apache authentication: NTLM Single Signon]]<br /> * [[Darkhttpd]]<br /> * [[Lighttpd]]<br /> ** [[Lighttpd Advanced security]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI]]<br /> ** [[Production Web server: Lighttpd|Production web server: Lighttpd‎‎]]<br /> * [[Nginx]]<br /> ** [[Nginx as reverse proxy with acme (letsencrypt)]]<br /> ** [[Nginx with PHP]]<br /> * Squid Proxy<br /> ** [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up Explicit Squid Proxy]]<br /> ** [[Setting up Transparent Squid Proxy]] ''(Covers Squid proxy and URL Filtering system)''<br /> ** [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Tomcat]]<br /> ** [[Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MySQL‎‎|Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MariaDB/MySQL‎‎]]<br /> <br /> === IRC ===<br /> <br /> * [[NgIRCd]] ''(Server for Internet Relay Chat/IRC)''<br /> <br /> === Mail ===<br /> <br /> * [[Hosting services on Alpine]] ''(Hosting mail, webservices and other services)''<br /> * [[Hosting Web/Email services on Alpine]]<br /> * Exim/Dovecot<br /> ** [[Small-Time Email with Exim and Dovecot]] ''(A simple configuration for your home network.)<br /> ** [[Setting up dovecot with imap and tls]]<br /> * [[relay email to gmail (msmtp, mailx, sendmail]]<br /> * [[relay email (nullmailer)]]<br /> * [[Roundcube]] ''(Webmail system)''<br /> * [[Setting up postfix with virtual domains]]<br /> * Server protection<br /> ** [[Setting up clamsmtp]]<br /> <br /> === Monitoring ===<br /> <br /> * [[Awstats]] ''(Free log file analyzer)''<br /> * [[Cacti: traffic analysis and monitoring network]] ''(Front-end for rrdtool networking monitor)''<br /> * [[Cvechecker]] ''(Compare installed packages for Common Vulnerabilities Exposure)'' &lt;!-- Monitoring and Security --&gt;<br /> * [[Linfo]]<br /> * [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> * [[PhpSysInfo]] ''(A simple application that displays information about the host it's running on)''<br /> * [[Logcheck]] ''(log file monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Matomo]] ''(A real time web analytics software program)''<br /> * [[Rasdaemon]] ''(Platform Reliability, Availability and Serviceability monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft, solution, Networking and Monitoring and Server --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up NRPE daemon]] ''(Performs remote Nagios checks)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Setting Up Fprobe And Ntop|Ntop]] ''(NetFlow collection and analysis using a remote fprobe instance; for alpine 3.10-3.12 only)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Traffic monitoring]] &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up monitoring using rrdtool (and rrdcollect)]]<br /> ** [[Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)]] &lt;!-- Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Zabbix|Zabbix - the professional complete manager]] ''(Monitor and track the status of network services and hardware)''<br /> * [[ZoneMinder video camera security and surveillance]]<br /> <br /> === Remote Administration ===<br /> <br /> * ACF<br /> ** [[Changing passwords for ACF|ACF - changing passwords]]<br /> ** [[Generating SSL certs with ACF]] &lt;!-- Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9 --&gt;<br /> ** [[setup-acf| ACF - setup]] ''(Configures ACF (webconfiguration/webmin) so you can manage your box through https)''<br /> * [[Setting up a SSH server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)''<br /> ** [[HOWTO OpenSSH 2FA with password and Google Authenticator |OpenSSH 2FA]] ''(A simple two factor setup for OpenSSH)''<br /> * [[OpenVCP]] ''(VServer Control Panel)''<br /> * [[PhpMyAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for MYSQL)''<br /> * [[PhpPgAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL)''<br /> * [[Webmin]] ''(A web-based interface for Linux system)''<br /> <br /> === Telephony ===<br /> <br /> * [[FreePBX|FreePBX on Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Setting up Zaptel/Asterisk on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Kamailio]] ''(SIP Server, formerly OpenSER)''<br /> <br /> === Other Servers ===<br /> <br /> * [[apcupsd]] ''(UPS Monitoring with apcupsd)''<br /> * [[Chrony and GPSD | Chrony, gpsd, and a garmin LVC 18 as a Stratum 1 NTP source ]]<br /> * [[Glpi]] ''(Manage inventory of technical resources)''<br /> * [[How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror]]<br /> * [[nut-ups|NUT UPS]] ''(UPS Monitoring with Network UPS Tools)''<br /> * [[Odoo]]<br /> * [[Configure OpenLDAP | OpenLDAP]] ''(Installing and configuring the Alpine package for OpenLDAP)''<br /> * [[Setting up a LLDAP server|lldap-server]] ''(Directory Server)''<br /> * [[Setting up Transmission (bittorrent) with Clutch WebUI]]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Software development ==<br /> <br /> * [[Cgit]]<br /> * [[OsTicket]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Patchwork]] ''(Patch review management system)''<br /> * [[Redmine]] ''(Project management system) [Deprecated]''<br /> * [[Request Tracker]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Setting up trac wiki|Trac]] ''(Enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects)''<br /> * [[Ansible]] ''(Configuration management)''<br /> * [[Installing Oracle Java|Oracle Java (installation)]]<br /> <br /> == Storage ==<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up disks manually|Manual partitioning]]<br /> * [[Disk Replication with DRBD|DRBD: Disk Replication]]<br /> * [[Filesystems]]<br /> ** [[Burning ISOs]]<br /> * [[Setting up iSCSI|iSCSI Setup]]<br /> ** [[iSCSI Raid and Clustered File Systems]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)|iSCSI Target (TCM)/LinuxIO (LIO)]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (tgt)|User space iSCSI Target (tgt)]]<br /> * [[Setting up Logical Volumes with LVM|LVM Setup]]<br /> ** [[Setting up LVM on GPT-labeled disks|LVM on GPT-labeled disks]]<br /> ** [[Installing on GPT LVM|LVM on GPT-labeled disks (updated)]]<br /> ** [[LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * RAID<br /> ** [[Raid Administration]]<br /> ** [[Setting up a software RAID array]]<br /> * [[ZFS]]<br /> ** [[Root on ZFS with native encryption]]<br /> ** [[Setting up ZFS on LUKS]]<br /> * [[CEPH|CEPH]]<br /> <br /> == Virtualization ==<br /> <br /> * [[Docker]]<br /> * [[Installing Alpine in a virtual machine]]<br /> ** [[Install Alpine on VMware ESXi]]<br /> * [[KVM]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a KVM hypervisor)''<br /> * [[LXC]] ''(Setting up a Linux container in Alpine Linux)''<br /> * [[QEMU]]<br /> * Xen<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor)''<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0 on USB or SD]]<br /> ** [[Create Alpine Linux PV DomU|Xen DomU (paravirtualized)]]<br /> ** [[Xen LiveCD]]<br /> ** [[Xen PCI Passthrough]]<br /> ** [[K8s]] Building a K8s Kubernetes Cluster on Alpine Linux<br /> <br /> == Tutorials ==<br /> <br /> * [[TTY_Autologin|TTY Autologin]]<br /> * [[Kexec|Faster rebooting with kexec]]<br /> * [[Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)]] combined with [[Small Office Services]]<br /> * [[DIY Fully working Alpine Linux for Allwinner and Other ARM SOCs]]<br /> * [[Fault Tolerant Routing with Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[High Availability High Performance Web Cache]] ''(uCarp + HAProxy for High Availability Services such as Squid web proxy)''<br /> * [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)]]<br /> * [[ISP Mail Server 3.x HowTo]] ''(Postfix+PostfixAdmin+DoveCot+Roundcube+ClamAV+Spamd - A full-service ISP mail server)''<br /> * [[Grommunio Mail Server]] ''(Mariadb+Postfix+Rspamd+Grommunio - Full-service mail server as MS exchange replacement)''<br /> * [[Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely]]<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft --&gt;<br /> * [[Streaming Security Camera Video with VLC]]<br /> * [[Install Alpine on a btrfs filesystem with refind as boot manager]]<br /> * [[Compile software from source|How to Compile a software from source in Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Michael's installation procedure|Michael's base installation procedure]]</div>

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<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: /* Tutorials */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:package_edutainment.svg|right|link=]]<br /> {{TOC left}}<br /> <br /> '''Welcome to Tutorials and Howtos, a place of basic and advanced configuration tasks for your Alpine Linux.'''<br /> <br /> '''Howtos are smaller articles''' explaining how to perform a particular task with Alpine Linux, that expects a minimal knowledge from reader to perform actions. Howto's have been organized in the below page based on the topics. <br /> <br /> '''The [[#Tutorials|tutorials]] are hands-on''' and the reader is expected to try and achieve the goals described in each step, possibly with the help of a good example. The output in one step is the starting point for the following step.<br /> <br /> {{Note|<br /> * Contributors are requested to refer to [[Help:Editing]] first and make use of resources like [[How to write a HOWTO]].<br /> * Contributions must be complete articles. <br /> * Don't override already made contributions, unless there is a mistake. <br /> * If you want to request a topic, please add your request in this page's [[Talk:Tutorials_and_Howtos|Discussion]].}}<br /> <br /> == Desktop ==<br /> <br /> * {{:Daily driver guide}}<br /> <br /> === Networking ===<br /> <br /> * [[Bluetooth]] - Instructions for installing and configuring Bluetooth<br /> * [[Bonding]] - Bond (or aggregate) multiple ethernet interfaces<br /> * [[Bridge]] - Configuring a network bridge<br /> ** [[Bridge wlan0 to eth0]]<br /> * [[Configure Networking]]<br /> * [[How to configure static routes]]<br /> * Modem<br /> ** [[Using HSDPA modem]]<br /> ** [[Using serial modem]]<br /> * [[mDNS]] - Howto implement multicast DNS resolution in Alpine. <br /> * [[Multi ISP]] ''(Dual-ISP setup with load-balancing and automatic failover)''<br /> * [[PXE boot]]<br /> * Wi-Fi<br /> ** [[Wi-Fi|Connecting to a wireless access point]]<br /> ** [[How to setup a wireless access point]] ''(Setting up Secure Wireless AP w/ WPA encryption with bridge to wired network)''<br /> * [[VLAN]]<br /> <br /> === Backup and data migration ===<br /> <br /> * [[Migrating data]]<br /> * [[Rsnapshot]] - setting up periodic backups<br /> <br /> === Other topics ===<br /> <br /> * [[Gaming on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Remote Desktop Server]]<br /> * [[Default applications|How to change default application]]<br /> * [[CPU frequency scaling]]<br /> * [[Mimalloc]]<br /> * [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]]<br /> * [[How to build the Alpine Linux kernel]]<br /> * [[Nextcloud]] ''(Self hostable cloud suite - Dropbox Alternative)''<br /> * [[Setting up lm_sensors]]<br /> * [[Desktop environments and Window managers|List of supported Desktop environments and Window managers]]<br /> <br /> == Diskless ==<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)''<br /> ** [[Back Up a Flash Memory Installation]]<br /> ** [[Manually editing a existing apkovl]]<br /> <br /> == Other Architectures ==<br /> <br /> === ARM ===<br /> <br /> * [[Alpine on ARM]]<br /> <br /> ==== Raspberry Pi ====<br /> <br /> * [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi main page]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker|Raspberry Pi - Bluetooth Speaker]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN]]<br /> * [[Linux Router with VPN on a Raspberry Pi (IPv6)|Raspberry Pi - Router with VPN (IPv6)]]<br /> * [[Classic install or sys mode on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi LVM on LUKS|Raspberry Pi - Sys mode install - LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver|Raspberry Pi - Video Receiver]] ''(network video decoder using Rasperry Pi and omxplayer)''<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Browser Client]] - kiosk or digital sign<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Configuring it as wireless access point -AP Mode]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 3 - Setting Up Bluetooth]]<br /> * [[Raspberry Pi 4 - Persistent system acting as a NAS and Time Machine]]<br /> * [[How to set up Alpine as a wireless router|Raspberry Pi Zero W - Wireless router]] ''(Setting up a firewalled, Wireless AP with wired network on a Pi Zero W)''<br /> * [[RPI Video Receiver]]<br /> <br /> === IBM Z (IBM z Systems) ===<br /> <br /> * [[s390x|s390x - Installation]]<br /> <br /> === PowerPC ===<br /> <br /> * [[Ppc64le|Powerpc64le - Installation]]<br /> <br /> == Security ==<br /> <br /> * Refer [[#Desktop security|Desktop security]] for securing Alpine Linux desktops<br /> * [[Securing Alpine Linux|Secure Alpine Linux]] using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)<br /> <br /> == Services == <br /> <br /> {{Note| Services are arranged in alphabetical order.}}<br /> <br /> === Content management systems ===<br /> <br /> * [[DokuWiki]] ''(Simple and easy to use wiki, no database required)''<br /> * [[Drupal]] ''(Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP)''<br /> * [[Kopano]] ''(Microsoft Outlook compatible Groupware)''<br /> * [[Mahara]] ''(E-portfolio and social networking system)''<br /> * [[MediaWiki]] ''(Free web-based wiki software application)''<br /> * [[Pastebin]] ''(Pastebin software application)''<br /> * [[WordPress]] ''(Web software to create website or blog)''<br /> * [[Moodle]] ''(Online Learning Management system)''<br /> <br /> === Database === <br /> <br /> * [[MariaDB]] or [[MySQL|MySQL]]<br /> <br /> === DNS ===<br /> <br /> * [[DNSCrypt-Proxy]] ''Encrypt and authenticate DNS calls from your system''<br /> * [[Setting up nsd DNS server]]<br /> * [[Small-Time DNS with BIND9]] ''(A simple configuration with ad blocking for your home network)''<br /> * Unbound<br /> ** [[Setting up unbound DNS server]]<br /> ** [[Using Unbound as an Ad-blocker]] ''(Setup ad blocking for your network)''<br /> * [[TinyDNS Format]]<br /> <br /> === File server ===<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up an NFS server|nfs-server]]<br /> * [[Setting up a Samba server|samba-server]] ''(standard file sharing)''<br /> * [[Setting up a samba-ad-dc|samba-ad-dc]] ''(Active Directory compatible domain controller)''<br /> <br /> === Firewall and VPN ===<br /> <br /> * Alpine Wall ''(a new firewall management framework)''<br /> ** [[Alpine Wall]]<br /> ** [https://git.alpinelinux.org/awall/about/ Alpine Wall User's Guide]<br /> ** [[How-To Alpine Wall]]<br /> * [[Freeradius Active Directory Integration]]<br /> * [[GNUnet]]<br /> * [[IGMPproxy]]<br /> * [[Setting up a OpenVPN server|OpenVPN server]] ''(Allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network)''<br /> * [[OpenVSwitch]]<br /> * [[Tor]]<br /> * [[Uncomplicated Firewall|Uncomplicated Firewall or UFW]]<br /> * [[Using Alpine on Windows domain with IPSEC isolation]]<br /> * [[Configure a Wireguard interface (wg)|Wireguard]]<br /> <br /> === HTTP and web services ===<br /> <br /> * [[Althttpd]]<br /> * [[Apache]]<br /> ** [[Apache with php-fpm]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Apache with PHP]]<br /> ** [[Apache authentication: NTLM Single Signon]]<br /> * [[Darkhttpd]]<br /> * [[Lighttpd]]<br /> ** [[Lighttpd Advanced security]]<br /> ** [[Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI]]<br /> ** [[Production Web server: Lighttpd|Production web server: Lighttpd‎‎]]<br /> * [[Nginx]]<br /> ** [[Nginx as reverse proxy with acme (letsencrypt)]]<br /> ** [[Nginx with PHP]]<br /> * Squid Proxy<br /> ** [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up Explicit Squid Proxy]]<br /> ** [[Setting up Transparent Squid Proxy]] ''(Covers Squid proxy and URL Filtering system)''<br /> ** [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Tomcat]]<br /> ** [[Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MySQL‎‎|Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MariaDB/MySQL‎‎]]<br /> <br /> === IRC ===<br /> <br /> * [[NgIRCd]] ''(Server for Internet Relay Chat/IRC)''<br /> <br /> === Mail ===<br /> <br /> * [[Hosting services on Alpine]] ''(Hosting mail, webservices and other services)''<br /> * [[Hosting Web/Email services on Alpine]]<br /> * Exim/Dovecot<br /> ** [[Small-Time Email with Exim and Dovecot]] ''(A simple configuration for your home network.)<br /> ** [[Setting up dovecot with imap and tls]]<br /> * [[relay email to gmail (msmtp, mailx, sendmail]]<br /> * [[relay email (nullmailer)]]<br /> * [[Roundcube]] ''(Webmail system)''<br /> * [[Setting up postfix with virtual domains]]<br /> * Server protection<br /> ** [[Setting up clamsmtp]]<br /> <br /> === Monitoring ===<br /> <br /> * [[Awstats]] ''(Free log file analyzer)''<br /> * [[Cacti: traffic analysis and monitoring network]] ''(Front-end for rrdtool networking monitor)''<br /> * [[Cvechecker]] ''(Compare installed packages for Common Vulnerabilities Exposure)'' &lt;!-- Monitoring and Security --&gt;<br /> * [[Linfo]]<br /> * [[Obtaining user information via SNMP]] ''(Using squark-auth-snmp as a Squid authentication helper)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Server, &lt;== Using squark-auth-snmp --&gt;<br /> * [[PhpSysInfo]] ''(A simple application that displays information about the host it's running on)''<br /> * [[Logcheck]] ''(log file monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Matomo]] ''(A real time web analytics software program)''<br /> * [[Rasdaemon]] ''(Platform Reliability, Availability and Serviceability monitoring tool)''<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft, solution, Networking and Monitoring and Server --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up NRPE daemon]] ''(Performs remote Nagios checks)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Setting Up Fprobe And Ntop|Ntop]] ''(NetFlow collection and analysis using a remote fprobe instance; for alpine 3.10-3.12 only)'' &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[SqStat]] ''(Script to look at active squid users connections)''<br /> * [[Traffic monitoring]] &lt;!-- Networking and Monitoring --&gt;<br /> ** [[Setting up monitoring using rrdtool (and rrdcollect)]]<br /> ** [[Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)]] &lt;!-- Monitoring --&gt;<br /> * [[Zabbix|Zabbix - the professional complete manager]] ''(Monitor and track the status of network services and hardware)''<br /> * [[ZoneMinder video camera security and surveillance]]<br /> <br /> === Remote Administration ===<br /> <br /> * ACF<br /> ** [[Changing passwords for ACF|ACF - changing passwords]]<br /> ** [[Generating SSL certs with ACF]] &lt;!-- Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9 --&gt;<br /> ** [[setup-acf| ACF - setup]] ''(Configures ACF (webconfiguration/webmin) so you can manage your box through https)''<br /> * [[Setting up a SSH server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)''<br /> ** [[HOWTO OpenSSH 2FA with password and Google Authenticator |OpenSSH 2FA]] ''(A simple two factor setup for OpenSSH)''<br /> * [[OpenVCP]] ''(VServer Control Panel)''<br /> * [[PhpMyAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for MYSQL)''<br /> * [[PhpPgAdmin]] ''(Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL)''<br /> * [[Webmin]] ''(A web-based interface for Linux system)''<br /> <br /> === Telephony ===<br /> <br /> * [[FreePBX|FreePBX on Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Setting up Zaptel/Asterisk on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Kamailio]] ''(SIP Server, formerly OpenSER)''<br /> <br /> === Other Servers ===<br /> <br /> * [[apcupsd]] ''(UPS Monitoring with apcupsd)''<br /> * [[Chrony and GPSD | Chrony, gpsd, and a garmin LVC 18 as a Stratum 1 NTP source ]]<br /> * [[Glpi]] ''(Manage inventory of technical resources)''<br /> * [[How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror]]<br /> * [[nut-ups|NUT UPS]] ''(UPS Monitoring with Network UPS Tools)''<br /> * [[Odoo]]<br /> * [[Configure OpenLDAP | OpenLDAP]] ''(Installing and configuring the Alpine package for OpenLDAP)''<br /> * [[Setting up a LLDAP server|lldap-server]] ''(Directory Server)''<br /> * [[Setting up Transmission (bittorrent) with Clutch WebUI]]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Software development ==<br /> <br /> * [[Cgit]]<br /> * [[OsTicket]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Patchwork]] ''(Patch review management system)''<br /> * [[Redmine]] ''(Project management system) [Deprecated]''<br /> * [[Request Tracker]] ''(Ticket system)''<br /> * [[Setting up trac wiki|Trac]] ''(Enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects)''<br /> * [[Ansible]] ''(Configuration management)''<br /> * [[Installing Oracle Java|Oracle Java (installation)]]<br /> <br /> == Storage ==<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up disks manually|Manual partitioning]]<br /> * [[Disk Replication with DRBD|DRBD: Disk Replication]]<br /> * [[Filesystems]]<br /> ** [[Burning ISOs]]<br /> * [[Setting up iSCSI|iSCSI Setup]]<br /> ** [[iSCSI Raid and Clustered File Systems]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)|iSCSI Target (TCM)/LinuxIO (LIO)]]<br /> ** [[Linux iSCSI Target (tgt)|User space iSCSI Target (tgt)]]<br /> * [[Setting up Logical Volumes with LVM|LVM Setup]]<br /> ** [[Setting up LVM on GPT-labeled disks|LVM on GPT-labeled disks]]<br /> ** [[Installing on GPT LVM|LVM on GPT-labeled disks (updated)]]<br /> ** [[LVM on LUKS]]<br /> * RAID<br /> ** [[Raid Administration]]<br /> ** [[Setting up a software RAID array]]<br /> * [[ZFS]]<br /> ** [[Root on ZFS with native encryption]]<br /> ** [[Setting up ZFS on LUKS]]<br /> * [[CEPH|CEPH]]<br /> <br /> == Virtualization ==<br /> <br /> * [[Docker]]<br /> * [[Installing Alpine in a virtual machine]]<br /> ** [[Install Alpine on VMware ESXi]]<br /> * [[KVM]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a KVM hypervisor)''<br /> * [[LXC]] ''(Setting up a Linux container in Alpine Linux)''<br /> * [[QEMU]]<br /> * Xen<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0]] ''(Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor)''<br /> ** [[Xen Dom0 on USB or SD]]<br /> ** [[Create Alpine Linux PV DomU|Xen DomU (paravirtualized)]]<br /> ** [[Xen LiveCD]]<br /> ** [[Xen PCI Passthrough]]<br /> ** [[K8s]] Building a K8s Kubernetes Cluster on Alpine Linux<br /> <br /> == Tutorials ==<br /> <br /> * [[TTY_Autologin|TTY Autologin]]<br /> * [[Kexec|Faster rebooting with kexec]]<br /> * [[Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)]] combined with [[Small Office Services]]<br /> * [[DIY Fully working Alpine Linux for Allwinner and Other ARM SOCs]]<br /> * [[Fault Tolerant Routing with Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[High Availability High Performance Web Cache]] ''(uCarp + HAProxy for High Availability Services such as Squid web proxy)''<br /> * [[Linux iSCSI Target (TCM)]]<br /> * [[ISP Mail Server 3.x HowTo]] ''(Postfix+PostfixAdmin+DoveCot+Roundcube+ClamAV+Spamd - A full-service ISP mail server)''<br /> * [[Grommunio Mail Server]] ''(Mariadb+Postfix+Rspamd+Grommunio - Full-service mail server as MS exchange replacement)''<br /> * [[Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely]]<br /> * [[Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System]] ''(Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)'' &lt;!-- draft --&gt;<br /> * [[Streaming Security Camera Video with VLC]]<br /> * [[Install Alpine on a btrfs filesystem with refind as boot manager]]<br /> * [[Compile software from source|How to Compile a software from source in Alpine Linux]]<br /> * [[Michael's base installation procedure|Michael's base installation procedure]]</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29959 2025-05-24T14:37:21Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|us}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> -----------------------<br /> Only relevant if you want to install cwm! (this method is currently complete only for sway)<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> ------------------------<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> ----------------<br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29958 2025-05-24T14:36:42Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> {{root}}<br /> <br /> {{setup-alpine}}<br /> <br /> {{us}}<br /> <br /> {{us}}<br /> <br /> {{alpine}}<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> -----------------------<br /> Only relevant if you want to install cwm! (this method is currently complete only for sway)<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> ------------------------<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> ----------------<br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29957 2025-05-24T13:55:24Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk update}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add --upgrade apk-tools}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk upgrade --available}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|sync}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|reboot}}<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> {{cmd|root}}<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> {{cmd|setup-devd udev}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|apk add dbus-x11}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-update add dbus}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|rc-service dbus start}}<br /> <br /> -----------------------<br /> Only relevant if you want to install cwm! (this method is currently complete only for sway)<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> ------------------------<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> ----------------<br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29914 2025-05-23T13:49:56Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> -----------------------<br /> Only relevant if you want to install cwm! (this method is currently complete only for sway)<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> ------------------------<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> ----------------<br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29913 2025-05-23T13:48:59Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> -----------------------<br /> Only relevant if you want to install cwm! (this method is currently complete only for sway)<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> ------------------------<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> ...the claim is that it will reboot into a graphical login screen..<br /> <br /> ..it does not.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29912 2025-05-23T13:45:45Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> ...the claim is that it will reboot into a graphical login screen..<br /> <br /> ..it does not.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> this seems to work. (!)</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29907 2025-05-23T04:25:59Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> ...the claim is that it will reboot into a graphical login screen..<br /> <br /> ..it does not.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> clearly there are some steps missing.</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29906 2025-05-23T04:23:48Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> ...the claim is that it will reboot into a graphical login screen..</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29905 2025-05-23T04:22:31Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway<br /> <br /> reboot</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29904 2025-05-23T04:21:22Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium<br /> <br /> ..and now we're almost done..<br /> <br /> setup-desktop<br /> <br /> sway</div>

Mikethe1wheelnut https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Michael%27s_installation_procedure&diff=29903 2025-05-23T04:18:28Z

<p>Mikethe1wheelnut: </p> <hr /> <div>Greetings.<br /> <br /> The objective of this page is to report what I do to install alpine. If it works, others can also follow it. If it doesn't, I can refer others to it so that they can help spot what I'm doing wrong.<br /> <br /> Boot from ventoy.<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> setup-alpine<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> us<br /> <br /> alpine<br /> <br /> ENTER (eth0)<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> ENTER (wlan0)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> ENTER (dhcp)<br /> <br /> n<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> new password<br /> <br /> ..time zone..<br /> <br /> ..no proxy..<br /> <br /> ..default.. (chrony)<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> user<br /> <br /> real name user<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> default, none,<br /> <br /> default, openssh,<br /> <br /> ..here I deviate slightly:<br /> <br /> ?<br /> <br /> cryptsys<br /> <br /> y<br /> <br /> ..enter file system password many times..<br /> <br /> reboot.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> ..now the fun begins..<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd<br /> <br /> ---&gt; Immediately upgrade to edge because I know I need it to install signal-messenger.<br /> <br /> edit the file as instructed: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Upgrading_to_Edge<br /> <br /> apk-update<br /> <br /> apk add --upgrade apk-tools<br /> <br /> apk upgrade --available<br /> <br /> sync<br /> <br /> reboot<br /> <br /> -----------<br /> ..the fun continues..<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> root<br /> <br /> passwd..<br /> <br /> setup-devd udev<br /> <br /> apk add dbus<br /> <br /> apk add dbus-x11<br /> <br /> rc-update add dbus<br /> <br /> rc-service dbus start<br /> <br /> add the following lines to .xinitrc:<br /> <br /> {{cmd|xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.3}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|# feh --bg-fill /home/legolas/wallpaper/valley_of_flowers.jpg}}<br /> <br /> {{cmd|exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session cwm}}<br /> <br /> note that last line. it is currently the only thing I do to start the d-bus session for my user. I think there is more I have to do.<br /> <br /> (also, technically, the wallpaper will have to wait until I download the appropriate file..)<br /> <br /> apk add mesa-dri-gallium</div>

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