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[https://wayland.pages.freedesktop.org/weston/ Weston] is the reference implementation of a [[Wayland]] compositor, as well as a useful environment in and of itself. 

Out of the box, Weston provides a very basic desktop, or a full-featured environment for non-desktop uses such as automotive, embedded, in-flight, industrial, kiosks, set-top boxes and TVs. 

== Prerequisites ==
{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
* Wayland compositors need raw access to input and output devices, typically mediated by a [[seat manager]]. Either [[seatd]] or [[elogind]] work fine, but installing both leads to conflicts.
* Installing [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-wayland-base|wayland-base]] enables [[elogind]] as [[Seat manager|seat manager]], enables [[Repositories#Community|community repository]] and enables [[eudev]].

== Installation ==

Steps to install [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/ Weston] 

* Install weston and necessary dependencies:

{{Cmd|# apk add weston weston-backend-drm seatd weston-backend-wayland weston-shell-desktop weston-terminal font-dejavu}}

== Starting weston ==

You can launch <Code>weston</Code> by issuing the command sway from TTY. {{Cmd|$ weston}} 

== Configuration == 

== Troubleshooting == 

== See also ==
[https://wayland.pages.freedesktop.org/weston/ Weston]

[[Category:Compositor]]
[[Category:Desktop]]
[[Category:Wayland]]