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Note that some programs should instead not be forked, to avoid race bugs, as is the case of xrdb. Otherwise, the script would halt and wait for each program to exit before executing the window manager or desktop environment. Long-running programs started before the window manager, such as a screensaver and wallpaper application, must either fork themselves or be run in the background by appending an & sign. Thank you for reading.Note: At the very least, ensure that the last if block in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is present in your ~/.xinitrc file to ensure that the scripts in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d are sourced. I will create a separate post for the customization part. You can now start using your XFCE desktop. It is very simple and can be customized if you want. Sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter xfce4 xfce4-goodiesįinally, reboot and wait for XFCE to start.Īfter reboot we will now see the lightdm login screen.

xfce4-goodies - includes extra plugins and other utilities.

xfce4 - group package that contains the XFCE desktop and other applications.

lightdm-gtk-greeter - prompts the user for credentials (most known as login screen).

What I like about it is it is very light on resources and easy to navigate. XFCE is another very popular desktop environment. You can now start using your Plasma desktop. Select Plasma to launch a new Xorg session.Įcho 'exec startkde' > ~/.xinitrc & cat ~/.xinitrcįinally, reboot and wait for Plasma to start.Īfer reboot you will see the SDDM login screen. Sddm -example-config | sudo tee /etc/nfĬonfigure SDDM to use Breeze theme by adding breeze in the section.Ĭat /etc/nf | grep ~]$ cat /etc/nf | grep ~]$ Generate SSDM example configuration and create the file /etc/nf. Sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit sddm plasma kde-applications

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Let us install the packages for KDE Plasma by typing:

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kde-applications - full set of KDE applications.

plasma - group package that contains the plasma-desktop and other KDE applications.

sddm - display manager (most known as login screen).

xorg-xinit - program to start display manager.

We will use SDDM and Xorg session in this example. Unlike GNOME, KDE Plasma does not include a default display manager. Some people find this a bit intimidating as there are so many settings available. You can customize anything you want with it.

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KDE Plasma is almost similar to Windows desktop with an application launcher and panel at the bottom by default. You can now see the login screen after boot. The last step is to reboot and wait for GNOME to start. Let us now install GNOME including other applications.įor GNOME to start after boot, we need to enable the gdm.service.

gnome-extra - contains GNOME Tweaks and more applications.

gnome - contains the GNOME desktop and GNOME applications.

It is also using Wayland instead of Xorg session. The display manager included in the gnome group package is GDM. GNOME is the most popular of the three because it is Ubuntu’s default desktop environment. Navigate to the desktop environment you want: This is where you need to select which desktop environment you want. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. It usually boils down to these three things: We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local SystemĪdministrator. It will complain that there is no editor found until we change ~]$ sudo -v The default editor for visudo command is vi. The next step is to grant the user privilege rights in the system. ~]$ lsĭesktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures ~]$

Mkdir Desktop Documents Downloads Videos Pictures MusicĬheck the created folders in the home directory by typing ls command. Now let’s create common home directory folders.

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Now let’s change the password of the user. We can assign both of them to users group but we will only include the first user in the wheel group. Files and folders created by the user will belong to this group.įor example, two users will use the computer but only the first user needs privilege access.

-m - Create a new user’s home directory.I will give a brief explanation of the useradd command options we used. Later on, we will enable all users in that group to have privilege access. Create a Userįirst, we need to create a user with a home directory and include in the wheel group. This is to quickly show how easy to install a desktop environment in Arch Linux.

#Arch sudo user how to#

There are many desktop environments that we can use in Arch Linux but I will only show how to install GNOME, KDE Plasma, and XFCE here. This is the continuation of my base install.