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{{Tip|Before installing a desktop, you may want to create a non-privileged [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|user account]] for security reasons.}}
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*create a non-privileged [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|user account]] for security reasons.  
{{Note|To Install any desktop environment, [[Repositories#Managing_repositories|enable]] the <code>community</code> repository. [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|Setup-desktop]] utility referred in [[Setup-desktop#Quickstart_Installation|Quickstart Installation]] automatically does this for you. }}
*[[Repositories#Managing_repositories|enable]] the <code>community</code> repository. [[Setup-desktop#Installation_using_setup-desktop|Setup-desktop]] script automatically does this for you. }}


= Quickstart Installation =
== Installation using setup-desktop ==


The Alpine Linux utility for setting up any desktop quickly is [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]]. Most commonly used desktop environements can be quickly installed with this utility, which is part of the standard Alpine Linux installation package {{pkg|alpine-conf|repo=main}}.
The Alpine Linux script for setting up a desktop quickly is [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]].  


{{Cmd|# setup-desktop}}
{{Cmd|# setup-desktop}}


On running the above command, you will be prompted for the desktop name.
On running the above command, you will be prompted to select a desktop environment.


{{Cmd|Which desktop environment? ('gnome', 'plasma', 'xfce', 'mate', 'sway' or 'none') [none]}}
{{Cmd|Which desktop environment? ('gnome', 'plasma', 'xfce', 'mate', 'sway' or 'none') [none]}}


Once you have chosen the desktop environment, this utility installs the chosen desktop along with all the necessary dependencies, standard utilities, commonly used applications and {{pkg|firefox|repo=main}} as browser. This utility also activates the necessary services like dbus etc..   
Once you have chosen a desktop environment, this script installs the chosen desktop along with all the necessary packages, {{pkg|firefox|repo=community}} browser and adds the necessary services to run on startup. You can reboot when complete and the system will boot into a graphical login screen with the desktop environment. Depending on the desktop chosen, the script also activates the necessary services like dbus, elogind, login manager etc..   


To view all the packages that are installed by the utility for the chosen desktop you can issue the below command:
To view all the packages that are installed by the script for the chosen desktop you can issue the below command:


{{Cmd|# cat /sbin/setup-desktop}}
{{Cmd|# cat /sbin/setup-desktop}}

Latest revision as of 05:55, 11 September 2024

Note: Before installing any desktop,

Installation using setup-desktop

The Alpine Linux script for setting up a desktop quickly is setup-desktop.

# setup-desktop

On running the above command, you will be prompted to select a desktop environment.

Which desktop environment? ('gnome', 'plasma', 'xfce', 'mate', 'sway' or 'none') [none]

Once you have chosen a desktop environment, this script installs the chosen desktop along with all the necessary packages, firefox browser and adds the necessary services to run on startup. You can reboot when complete and the system will boot into a graphical login screen with the desktop environment. Depending on the desktop chosen, the script also activates the necessary services like dbus, elogind, login manager etc..

To view all the packages that are installed by the script for the chosen desktop you can issue the below command:

# cat /sbin/setup-desktop