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John3-16: /* See also */ Added Upgrading Qt

2025-12-06T05:09:29Z

Prabuanand: removed :Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

2025-05-25T15:27:17Z

removed Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

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	* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm SDDM Project on GitHub]		* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm SDDM Project on GitHub]

	~~[[Category:Desktop]]~~
	[[Category:Desktop Environments]]		[[Category:Desktop Environments]]

Prabuanand: removed polkit service as it is already a prerequisite for elogind

2025-05-25T13:20:19Z

removed polkit service as it is already a prerequisite for elogind

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	== Prerequisites ==		== Prerequisites ==
	{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}		{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
	* Enable ~~[[Polkit]] and~~ [[Elogind]] for handling privilege escalation and for shutting down		* Enable [[Elogind]] service for handling privilege escalation and for shutting down
	* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]		* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]
	{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}		{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}
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	=== Unable to shut down and reboot ===		=== Unable to shut down and reboot ===

	If users are unable to shut down the machine or reboot, ensure that ~~the [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]] related to~~ [[elogind]] ~~and [[Polkit]] are met~~.		If users are unable to shut down the machine or reboot, ensure that [[elogind]] service is enabled.

	=== Missing Icons and Fonts ===		=== Missing Icons and Fonts ===

Prabuanand: rephrased sentence, fixed wiklink

2025-05-25T05:02:21Z

rephrased sentence, fixed wiklink

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	== Installation using setup-desktop ==		== Installation using setup-desktop ==
	{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}		{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}
	When lxqt is chosen, the {{ic\|Setup-desktop}} script installs [[SDDM]] as display manager and completes all the steps listed ~~below~~ in the [[#Manual installation\|Manual installation]] and [[#~~Basic~~ Configuration\|~~Basic~~ Configuration]] ~~sections~~.
			When lxqt is chosen, the {{ic\|Setup-desktop}} script installs [[SDDM]] as display manager and completes all the steps listed in the [[#Manual installation\|Manual installation]] and some of the steps in the [[#Configuration\|Configuration]] section.

	== Manual installation ==		== Manual installation ==

Prabuanand: rephrased sentence added Prerequisites moved headings

2025-05-25T04:55:46Z

rephrased sentence added Prerequisites moved headings

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	== Prerequisites ==		== Prerequisites ==
	{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}		{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
			* Enable [[Polkit]] and [[Elogind]] for handling privilege escalation and for shutting down
	* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]		* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]
	{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}		{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}
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	== Starting LXQt ==		== Starting LXQt ==

	=== With a display manager ~~(DM)~~ ===		=== With a display manager ===

	If the package {{Pkg\|sddm}} has been installed, SDDM may be started to log in graphically with your new user.		If the package {{Pkg\|sddm}} has been installed, SDDM may be started to log in graphically with your new user.
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	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==

	~~=== Allowing shut down and reboot ===~~

	~~To enable users to shut down the machine or reboot, the packages {{Pkg\|elogind}} and {{Pkg\|polkit-elogind}} need to be installed.~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# apk add elogind polkit-elogind}}~~

	~~A reboot is required to let it take effect.~~

	=== File management ===		=== File management ===
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	=== Enabling privilege escalation GUI ===		=== Enabling privilege escalation GUI ===

	To enable the privilege escalation GUI for a doas/sudo user, you need to ~~install {{Pkg~~\|~~elogind}},~~ {{Pkg\|~~polkit~~-~~elogind}}, and {{Pkg\|sddm~~}}.		To enable the privilege escalation GUI for a doas/sudo user, along with the [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], you need to start LXQt session using [[#With a display manager\|sddm]] and ensure that {{Pkg\|lxqt-policykit}} package is installed.

	~~To have elogind run, either make them start automatically at system start:~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# rc-update add elogind}}~~

	~~or start them manually for this time only:~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# rc-service elogind start }}~~

	=== Screen Compositor ===		=== Screen Compositor ===
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	== Troubleshooting ==		== Troubleshooting ==

			=== Unable to shut down and reboot ===

			If users are unable to shut down the machine or reboot, ensure that the [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]] related to [[elogind]] and [[Polkit]] are met.

	=== Missing Icons and Fonts ===		=== Missing Icons and Fonts ===

Prabuanand: fixed typo

2025-05-24T13:29:33Z

fixed typo

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	{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}		{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
	* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]		* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]
	{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the ~~other ones~~ are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}		{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the others are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}
	== Installation using setup-desktop ==		== Installation using setup-desktop ==
	{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}		{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}

Prabuanand: added Tip

2025-05-23T16:18:37Z

added Tip

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	{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}		{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
	* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]		* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]
			{{Tip\|Except for the first two [[#Prerequisites\|Prerequisites]], all the other ones are automatically handled, if desktop is [[#Installation using setup-desktop\|installed using setup-desktop]] script.}}
	== Installation using setup-desktop ==		== Installation using setup-desktop ==
	{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}		{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}

Prabuanand: replaced File management content with a link

2025-05-03T12:48:36Z

replaced File management content with a link

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 A reboot is required to let it take effect.
-=== Auto-mounting USB drives ===
+=== File management ===
-To enable automatic mounting of USB drives, install these packages:
+Install the necessary [[File management]] packages for automounting of removable storage and browsing of network shares within LXQt that works seamlessly with file associations.
-To list descriptions of all gvfs- packages:
+If the LXQt sessions are already in progress, they need to be restarted for the changes to take effect, i.e. log out and log in again.
 === Enabling privilege escalation GUI ===
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 or start them manually for this time only:
 {{Cmd|# rc-service elogind start }}
 === Screen Compositor ===

Prabuanand: fixed typo. no need to seperate external links

2025-03-17T10:01:00Z

fixed typo. no need to seperate external links

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	See [[Fonts]] for more information on fonts.		See [[Fonts]] for more information on fonts.

	== See ~~Also~~ ==		== See also ==

	* [[Installation#Post-Installation\|Post Install]]		* [[Installation#Post-Installation\|Post Install]]
	* [[Desktop environments and Window managers]]		* [[Desktop environments and Window managers]]
	~~=== External Resources ===~~
	* [https://lxqt.github.io/ LXQt Homepage]		* [https://lxqt.github.io/ LXQt Homepage]
	* [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt LXQt on GitHub]		* [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt LXQt on GitHub]

Prabuanand: rearranged headings based on changes in :Include:Desktop prerequisites and :Include:Setup-desktop

2025-03-17T10:00:19Z

rearranged headings based on changes in Include:Desktop prerequisites and Include:Setup-desktop

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	[[File:LXQt Minimal Installation.png \| thumb \| LXQt 1.3.0 Basic Install with Papirus icons]]		[[File:LXQt Minimal Installation.png \| thumb \| LXQt 1.3.0 Basic Install with Papirus icons]]

	'''[https://lxqt-project.org/ LXQt]''' is a lightweight QT based desktop environment. LXQt was originally a port of LXDE to QT (called LXDE-Qt), it was created due to LXDE maintainer Hong Jen Yee being dissatisfied with GTK 3. On 21 July 2013 the LXDE(-Qt) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor-qt Razor-qt] projects merged creating LXQt.		'''[https://lxqt-project.org/ LXQt]''' is a lightweight QT based desktop environment.

			== Prerequisites ==
			{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
			* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base\|Install Xorg]]

			== Installation using setup-desktop ==
	{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}		{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}

	When lxqt is chosen, the {{ic\|Setup-desktop}} script installs [[SDDM]] as display manager and completes all the steps listed below in the [[#Manual installation\|Manual installation]] and [[#Basic Configuration\|Basic Configuration]] sections.		When lxqt is chosen, the {{ic\|Setup-desktop}} script installs [[SDDM]] as display manager and completes all the steps listed below in the [[#Manual installation\|Manual installation]] and [[#Basic Configuration\|Basic Configuration]] sections.

	== Manual installation ==		== Manual installation ==

	~~=== Prerequisites ===~~		Add the following basic packages for LXQt installation:{{Cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|lxqt-desktop}} {{Pkg\|lximage-qt}} {{Pkg\|pavucontrol-qt}} {{Pkg\|font-dejavu}}}}

	* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#~~setup~~-~~xorg-base~~\|~~Install~~ Xorg]]		If using Xorg, the following packages are also suggested: {{Cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|arandr}} {{Pkg\|obconf-qt}} {{Pkg\|screengrab}} {{Pkg\|sddm}}}}
	* [~~[D-Bus~~#~~Installation~~\|~~Install and configure D~~-~~Bus]]~~ (~~without D-Bus icons~~ and ~~keyboard shortcuts may~~ be ~~missing)~~		{{Note\|By default LXQt on Xorg uses [[Openbox]] as its window manager (it is a dependency of the {{Pkg\|lxqt-desktop}} package).
	* Install a [~~[Fonts\|font~~]~~] by issuing~~ the ~~command~~ {{ic\|# ~~apk~~ add ~~font-dejavu~~}}		LXQt supports many different window managers and wayland compositors. Openbox has not been maintained for 9 years. Similar window managers are JWM and PeKWM. For additional Window Manager options see: [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers Window Managers Configuration on the LXQt GitHub wiki]}}

			If using wayland, the following packages are suggested: {{cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|lxqt-wayland-session}} {{Pkg\|swayidle}} {{Pkg\|swaybg}} {{Pkg\|wlopm}} {{Pkg\|labwc}}}}

			{{Note\|labwc is used for the initial configuration (e.g. picking compositor and screen locker) on wayland, but can safely be uninstalled afterwards if a different compositor is installed and selected. For additional compositor options see: [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWaylandSettings LXQt Wayland Session on the LXQt GitHub wiki]}}

			== Starting LXQt ==

			=== With a display manager (DM) ===

			If the package {{Pkg\|sddm}} has been installed, SDDM may be started to log in graphically with your new user.
			{{Cmd\|# rc-service sddm start}}

			After correct operation is verified, sddm can be enabled to start up during boot:
			{{Cmd\|# rc-update add sddm}}

			=== From the command line ===

			LXQt for X11 may be started with:
			{{cmd\|$ startlxqt}}

	~~== Basic Configuration ==~~		LXQt for Wayland may be started with:
			{{cmd\|$ startlxqtwayland}}

	~~Begin the LXQt installation by adding basic packages:~~		== Localized keyboard layout ==
	~~{{Cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|lxqt-desktop}} {{Pkg\|lximage-qt}} {{Pkg\|pavucontrol-qt}}}}~~
	~~If using Xorg, the following packages are also suggested:<br>~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|arandr}} {{Pkg\|obconf-qt}} {{Pkg\|screengrab}} {{Pkg\|sddm}}}}~~
	{{Note\|By default LXQt on Xorg uses [[Openbox]] as its window manager (it is a dependency of the {{Pkg\|lxqt-desktop}} package). LXQt supports many different window managers and wayland compositors. Openbox has not been maintained for 9 years. Similar window managers are JWM and PeKWM. For additional Window Manager options see: [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers Window Managers Configuration on the LXQt GitHub wiki]}}

	~~If using wayland, the following packages are suggested:<br>~~		Preferences → LXQt Settings → Keyboard and Mouse → Keyboard Layout
	~~{{cmd\|# apk add {{Pkg\|lxqt-wayland-session}} {{Pkg\|swayidle}} {{Pkg\|swaybg}} {{Pkg\|wlopm}} {{Pkg\|labwc}}}}~~
	~~{{Note\|labwc is used for the initial configuration (e.g. picking compositor and screen locker) on wayland, but can safely be uninstalled afterwards if a different compositor is installed~~ and ~~selected. For additional compositor options see: [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWaylandSettings LXQt Wayland Session on the LXQt GitHub wiki]}}~~

	=== ~~Set up eudev~~ ===		== Configuration ==
	~~{{:Include:Setup_Device_Manager}}~~

	=== Allowing shut down and reboot ===		=== Allowing shut down and reboot ===
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	{{Cmd\|# rc-service elogind start }}		{{Cmd\|# rc-service elogind start }}

	~~== Starting LXQt ==~~

	~~=== With a display manager (DM) ===~~

	~~If the package {{Pkg\|sddm}} has been installed, SDDM may be started to log in graphically with your new user.~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# rc-service sddm start}}~~

	~~After correct operation is verified, sddm can be enabled to start up during boot:~~
	~~{{Cmd\|# rc-update add sddm}}~~

	~~=== From the command line ===~~

	~~LXQt for X11 may be started with:~~
	~~{{cmd\|$ startlxqt}}~~

	~~LXQt for Wayland may be started with:~~
	~~{{cmd\|$ startlxqtwayland}}~~

	~~== Localized keyboard layout ==~~

	~~Preferences → LXQt Settings → Keyboard and Mouse → Keyboard Layout~~

	~~== Optional Configuration ==~~
	=== Network browsing ===		=== Network browsing ===

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	== Documentation packages ==		== Documentation packages ==

	* {{Pkg\|lxqt-config-doc}}		* {{Pkg\|lxqt-config-doc}}
	* {{Pkg\|lxqt-openssh-askpass-doc}}		* {{Pkg\|lxqt-openssh-askpass-doc}}

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	* [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt LXQt on GitHub]		* [https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt LXQt on GitHub]
	* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXQt LXQt entry on ArchWiki]		* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXQt LXQt entry on ArchWiki]
			* [[Upgrading_Qt\|Upgrading Qt]]
	* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm SDDM Project on GitHub]		* [https://github.com/sddm/sddm SDDM Project on GitHub]


	[[Category:Desktop Environments]]		[[Category:Desktop Environments]]