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From: Pronaip <pronaip@protonmail.com>
To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu>
Cc: "36008@debbugs.gnu.org" <36008@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 11:45:26 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZmxkjDE3klPnWWAJPKLIbqF_yDjdrmoL0CnBu8S0ybCipvf1vkbfBrEDUKw-FNJqHvpoqUlqCuB-HUjm6PBtvXxGkE92K1OVbKvol5kZ8kE=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r28fzzd5.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net>

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 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.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-31 11:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-30 16:22 bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm? Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-05-30 17:33 ` bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-06-07 21:10   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-08  9:34     ` Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-05-31 11:45 ` Pronaip [this message]

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