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Subject: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with
	i3-wm?
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 11:45:26 +0000
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To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu>
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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 choo=
se a package that provides a terminal.