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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. | 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 == | == Installation == | ||
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{{Cmd|# apk add weston weston-backend-drm seatd weston-backend-wayland weston-shell-desktop weston-terminal font-dejavu}} | {{Cmd|# apk add weston weston-backend-drm seatd weston-backend-wayland weston-shell-desktop weston-terminal font-dejavu}} | ||
== Starting weston == | == Starting weston == | ||
You can launch <Code>weston</Code> by issuing the command sway from TTY. {{Cmd|$ weston}} | You can launch <Code>weston</Code> by issuing the command sway from TTY. {{Cmd|$ weston}} | ||
== Configuration == | |||
== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[https://wayland.pages.freedesktop.org/weston/ Weston] | [https://wayland.pages.freedesktop.org/weston/ Weston] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 17 March 2025
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
- Internet connectivity, unless the packages have been pre-fetched into a local cache.
- A non-root user account.
- The community repository must be enabled.
- Set up eudev.
- Install and configure D-Bus. without D-Bus icons and keyboard shortcuts may be missing.
- Install appropriate Graphics driver drivers for your hardware. Without graphics drivers, errors are likely to occur.
- 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 wayland-base enables elogind as seat manager, enables community repository and enables eudev.
Installation
Steps to install Weston
- Install weston and necessary dependencies:
# apk add weston weston-backend-drm seatd weston-backend-wayland weston-shell-desktop weston-terminal font-dejavu
Starting weston
You can launch weston by issuing the command sway from TTY.
$ weston