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[https://github.com/riverwm/river River] is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor. An introduction to River can be found in [https://isaacfreund.com/blog/river-intro/ this blog post] by the developer for the 0.1.0 release.   
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[https://github.com/riverwm/river River] is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor. An introduction to River can be found in [https://isaacfreund.com/blog/river-intro/ this blog post] by the author for the 0.1.0 release.   


This wiki was written starting from a fresh install using the Alpine 3.14.2 x86_64 extended .iso. The steps begin from the first reboot after running setup-alpine and performing a sys install to disk.  
This wiki was written starting from a fresh install using the Alpine 3.14.2 x86_64 extended .iso. The steps begin from the first reboot after running setup-alpine and performing a sys install to disk.  


== First Boot ==
Many steps below were taken from the [https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Sway wiki entry for installing Sway].


On the first boot after a new Alpine installation, there are some basic system configuration tasks typically done regardless of whether you plan to run a GUI desktop or not. These are the steps I run through:
== Installation ==
 
Login as root, create a new user and update group membership:
{{Cmd|adduser sodface
addgroup sodface audio
addgroup sodface input
addgroup sodface video
addgroup sodface wheel
}}
 
Install sudo and run visudo, uncommenting the desired permissions for the wheel group:
{{Cmd|apk add sudo && visudo}}
 
Logout and log back in as the new user.


Test ssh login from a remote computer.
Login as root.
 
Verify that you can run commands with sudo.
 
== Installation ==


Edit the repositories file and uncomment the community and testing repos. For 3.14.2, we need edge/community to get the correct software versions to support River:
Edit the repositories file and uncomment the community and testing repos. For 3.14.2, we need edge/community to get the correct software versions to support River:
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Install River and the documentation:
Install & configure eudev:
 
{{Cmd|apk update
apk add eudev
setup-udev}}


{{Cmd|sudo apk add river river-doc mandoc}}
Then install graphics drivers appropriate to your system:


Edit the repositories file again to toggle back to the 3.14/community repository before installing additional software:
{{Cmd|apk add mesa-dri-gallium  # gallium
apk add mesa-dri-classic  # or classic}}


{{Cat|/etc/apk/repositories|
The following links contain guides for setting up the video stack.
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/main
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/community
#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing
}}


Install your choice of additional applications:
* [https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Intel_Video Intel Video]
* [https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Radeon_Video Radeon Video]


This list includes icons, browser, fonts, and a terminal emulator named foot which is the default in River's sample init file that we will use later.
Install River and the documentation:
{{Cmd|sudo apk add adwaita-icon-theme firefox foot ttf-dejavu}}


== Running River ==
{{Cmd|apk add river river-doc mandoc}}


Before running River for the first time, copy the sample init file from /etc/river to ~/.config:
Install your choice of additional packages:


{{Cmd|install -Dm0755 /etc/river/init -t ~/.config/river}}
This list includes icons, fonts, and a terminal emulator named foot which is the default in River's sample init file that we will use later.
{{Cmd|apk add adwaita-icon-theme foot ttf-dejavu}}


Set seatd to start automatically at next boot and also manually start it for this session:
Set seatd to start automatically at next boot and also manually start it for this session:


{{Cmd|sudo rc-update add seatd
{{Cmd|rc-update add seatd
sudo rc-service seatd start}}
rc-service seatd start}}
 
Create a new user and update group membership:
{{Cmd|adduser sodface
addgroup sodface audio
addgroup sodface input
addgroup sodface seat
addgroup sodface video
addgroup sodface wheel
}}
 
Install sudo and run visudo, uncommenting the desired permissions for the wheel group:
{{Cmd|apk add sudo && visudo}}


{{Cmd|sudo addgroup sodface seat}}
Logout and log back in as the new user.


Logout and log back in again.
== Running River ==
 
Before running River for the first time, copy the sample init file to ~/.config:
 
{{Cmd|install -Dm0755 /usr/share/doc/river/example/init -t ~/.config/river}}


Start River:
Start River:
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{{Cmd|1=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp river}}
{{Cmd|1=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp river}}


== Configuration and Usage ==
[[Category:Desktop]]


An example config is provided at <code>/etc/sway/config</code>. Copy it to <code>~/.config/sway/config</code> and read through it to learn the default keybindings.
== Notes ==


For additional information, start at <code>man 5 sway</code> and read the [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki upstream FAQ].
Following are a few notes that are most certainly not related to River whatsoever but rather discovered while running River so I'm tacking them onto the end of this wiki.


[[Category:Desktop]]
Firefox 89.0.1 complains on launch "glxtest: libpci missing", resolved by:
{{Cmd|sudo apk add pciutils-libs}}
 
Firefox 89.0.1 complains continuously "Unable to load hand2 from the cursor theme", resolved by:
{{Cmd|mkdir -p ~/.icons/default
ln -s /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors .icons/default/cursors}}

Revision as of 02:22, 9 January 2022

River is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor. An introduction to River can be found in this blog post by the developer for the 0.1.0 release.

This wiki was written starting from a fresh install using the Alpine 3.14.2 x86_64 extended .iso. The steps begin from the first reboot after running setup-alpine and performing a sys install to disk.

Many steps below were taken from the wiki entry for installing Sway.

Installation

Login as root.

Edit the repositories file and uncomment the community and testing repos. For 3.14.2, we need edge/community to get the correct software versions to support River:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/main #http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/community #http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

Install & configure eudev:

apk update apk add eudev setup-udev

Then install graphics drivers appropriate to your system:

apk add mesa-dri-gallium # gallium apk add mesa-dri-classic # or classic

The following links contain guides for setting up the video stack.

Install River and the documentation:

apk add river river-doc mandoc

Install your choice of additional packages:

This list includes icons, fonts, and a terminal emulator named foot which is the default in River's sample init file that we will use later.

apk add adwaita-icon-theme foot ttf-dejavu

Set seatd to start automatically at next boot and also manually start it for this session:

rc-update add seatd rc-service seatd start

Create a new user and update group membership:

adduser sodface addgroup sodface audio addgroup sodface input addgroup sodface seat addgroup sodface video addgroup sodface wheel

Install sudo and run visudo, uncommenting the desired permissions for the wheel group:

apk add sudo && visudo

Logout and log back in as the new user.

Running River

Before running River for the first time, copy the sample init file to ~/.config:

install -Dm0755 /usr/share/doc/river/example/init -t ~/.config/river

Start River:

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp river

Notes

Following are a few notes that are most certainly not related to River whatsoever but rather discovered while running River so I'm tacking them onto the end of this wiki.

Firefox 89.0.1 complains on launch "glxtest: libpci missing", resolved by:

sudo apk add pciutils-libs

Firefox 89.0.1 complains continuously "Unable to load hand2 from the cursor theme", resolved by:

mkdir -p ~/.icons/default ln -s /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors .icons/default/cursors