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== Quickstart Installation ==
== Quickstart Installation ==
{{Note|To Install any desktop environment, ensure that <code>community</code> repository is [[Repositories#Managing_repositories|enabled]].}}


The Alpine Linux utility for setting up any desktop quickly is <code>setup-desktop</code>. 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 utility for setting up any desktop quickly is <code>setup-desktop</code>. 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}}.

Revision as of 14:48, 11 August 2024

Tip: Before installing a desktop, you may want to create a non-privileged user account for security reasons.

Quickstart Installation

Note: To Install any desktop environment, ensure that community repository is enabled.

The Alpine Linux utility for setting up any desktop quickly is setup-desktop. Most commonly used desktop environements can be quickly installed with this utility, which is part of the standard Alpine Linux installation package alpine-conf.

This utility installs the chosen desktop environment with all the necessary dependencies, standard utilities and commonly used applications along with firefox as browser.

# setup-desktop