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bolle

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Registered: 2009-11-08

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How to install a DE or WM after install?

I installed Arch, but didnt pick any other packages, other than the default ones, so im stuck with just a command line now when i boot up the system.

What can i do to install a desktop environment like LXDE or XFCE?

Thanks so much!

s3kt0r

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Registered: 2009-01-20

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

Arch Wiki has this information, you should have looked there first. Read Begginer's guide. Install xorg and video driver, and after that install lxde/xfce.

Last edited by s3kt0r (2009-12-14 22:08:04)

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bolle

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

Oh alright, thanks!

bolle

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

When i try and install xorg it says

error : 'xorg' : not found in syncd db

and when i tryy and resync pacman it says

error failed to updatecore (no services configured for repository)

655321

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

My advice would be to start over with the begginers guide at hand, I had no idea of how to install Arch, and by following the guide step by step I now have a fully working Desktop Environment (with KDEmod, specific to arch, very cool).

If you follow this guide to the letter, you should be ok.

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bolle

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Registered: 2009-11-08

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

Okay thanks, im reading it over now
but are the desktop manager , etc packages in the part where i do "select packages"?

Misfit138

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

Okay thanks, im reading it over now
but are the desktop manager , etc packages in the part where i do "select packages"?

If you had indeed READ the guide, you would know the answer. ;)

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bolle

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Registered: 2009-11-08

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

woww.

i dont even see any desktop environmemnts or anything in the package selector, other than things that dont make sense like rt2x00-rt1-fw

:l

quarkup

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Registered: 2008-09-07

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

join the irc channel then

its the #archlinux on freenode

you can use weechat irc client for example (its in the repo)

for xfce you got to do
pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies
you may want to install the 'menumaker' package too
pacman -Ss xfce would give you THE list.

you can see all informations here
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Part_IV:_Installing_and_configuring_a_Desktop_Environment

Last edited by quarkup (2009-12-14 23:25:04)

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bolle

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

thank you so much!

sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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Re: How to install a DE or WM after install?

See if this helps. A very  simple, n0bified guide I wrote by request. I always ask peple to refer to beginner's guide, as i have also mentioned at the starting of my guide.

Regards

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