bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?

bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?

[Giovanni Biscuolo]

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Hello,

With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
manager I got an error like:

 i3-sensible-terminal error...

because there is no terminal emulator installed by default

The workaround is trivial for users but what about to add a terminal
emulator to the installer generated list of installed packages?

Thanks! Gio'.

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions

[Giovanni Biscuolo]

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Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> writes:

> With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
> manager I got an error like:
>
>  i3-sensible-terminal error...
>
> because there is no terminal emulator installed by default

Also it's lacking a status_command (e.g. i3status) and the dmenu_run
command (e.g. demenu package)

I've fixed this ading this

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  (packages
    (append
      (list (specification->package "i3-wm")
            (specification->package "i3status")
            (specification->package "dmenu")
            (specification->package "st")
   [...]
        
      %base-packages))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

to my config.scm

WDYT? Gio'.



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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> skribis:

> Also it's lacking a status_command (e.g. i3status) and the dmenu_run
> command (e.g. demenu package)
>
> I've fixed this ading this
>
>   (packages
>     (append
>       (list (specification->package "i3-wm")
>             (specification->package "i3status")
>             (specification->package "dmenu")
>             (specification->package "st")

Fixed in the installer in 676eb5880ec2fae03752513c2442aae0bda9bfc4.

This part is quite easy to modify and test, so if you have other ideas,
give them a try!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions

[Giovanni Biscuolo]

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

[...]

> Fixed in the installer in 676eb5880ec2fae03752513c2442aae0bda9bfc4.
>
> This part is quite easy to modify and test, so if you have other ideas,
> give them a try!

Yes now I see: I'll do it for sure!

Thanks for the patch! Gio'.

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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?

[Pronaip]

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:22 PM, Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
> manager I got an error like:
>
> i3-sensible-terminal error...
>
> because there is no terminal emulator installed by default
>
> The workaround is trivial for users but what about to add a terminal
> emulator to the installer generated list of installed packages?

Does Guix or the installer have a way of dealing with optional dependencies or package alternatives? That way the installer could ask the user to choose a package that provides a terminal.