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Sun Jul 4 17:13:46 2021 UTC

Finish up your installation

And now ?

Now you have a brand new base NuTyX installed. If you already know how to go on to get a graphical interface, you can directly check the website documentation. If you wondering how to install a complete graphical interface, continue reading.

Mounting the ISO

If you choose to install the rolling version of NuTyX, you can directly proceed to updating the meta data about available packages

If you choose to install the 21.07 version of NuTyX, you need to mount the ISO. All the available packages are on it. Insert now the USB key containing the ISO. Depending where your USB key is found, adapt the command below to your need:

sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

If you test the NuTyX 21.07 in a virtual environment like Virtualbox, the ISO is located at /dev/sr0

Updating the meta data about available packages

We need to inform your NuTyX about all the available packages that can be installed. An alias is available for that:

check

[sudo] password for charly:

You enter now the password you specified during the installation, and synchronisation starts:

/var/lib/pkg/depot/gui-extra/.PKGREPO
/var/lib/pkg/depot/gui/.PKGREPO
/var/lib/pkg/depot/cli-extra/.PKGREPO
/var/lib/pkg/depot/cli/.PKGREPO
/var/lib/pkg/depot/base/.PKGREPO

Synchronisation is done. You are now ready to install the rest of the packages to obtain a graphical NuTyX interface.

Desktop installation:

You can now choose your favorite desktop. Under NuTyX: kde5, xfce4, mate, lxde, openbox, enlightenment, flwm, ratpoison, etc are available.

*Available desktops:*
Desktop name:	Command:
kde5	`get kde5`
xfce4 xfce4-extra	`get xfce4 xfce4-extra`
mate	`get mate`
lxde	`get lxde`
openbox	`get openbox`
enlightenment	`get enlightenment`
jwm	`get jwm`
blackbox	`get blackbox`
icewm	`get icewm`
ratpoison	`get ratpoison`
flwm	`get flwm`
i3wm	`get i3wm`

Installation of a login manager

To be able to start a graphical session under NuTyX, you can choose between the "automatic", "semi-automatic" and "manual" modus.

You can start a graphical session from a non graphical console as well.

Automatic graphical login

Let's start to install the login session:

get lxdm

[sudo] password for charly:

You Now enter the password you specified at the installation and installation starts:

/var/lib/pkg/depot/gui/lxdm/.PKGREPO
   ...

No need to configure anything.

Manual graphical login

The xdm login manager will be install. It's a very simple application and therefore needs an .xinitrc configuration file at the root of the home directory.

get xorg-xdm

Let's configure the .xinitrc configuration file.

We copy the available xinitrc file from the xorg-xinit packager already installed:

cp /etc/X11/app-defaults/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

Replace the last 5 lines:

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

with the name of your installed graphical interface above. For example, for mate:

exec mate-session

Starting the graphical server from a non graphical console

We install the graphical server and the initialiser:

get xorg

As for the manual graphical login xdm, it needs an .xinitrc configuration file at the root of the home directory.

Once the configuration is in place and the server installed, you can start it from a non-graphical console via the command:

startx

If you still don't get any good result, you probably need to install the driver for your graphical card(s).

Xorg Driver of your graphical card

*Availables Xorg graphical cards drivers:*
Model of your Graphical Cards:	Name of the driver to install:
Ati	`get xorg-xf86-video-ati`
Intel	`get xorg-xf86-video-intel`
Nvidia	`get xorg-xf86-video-nouveau`
Vesa	`get xorg-xf86-video-vesa`
VMware	`get xorg-xf86-video-vmware`
Virtualbox	`get xorg-xf86-video-vboxvideo`
FrameBuffer	`get xorg-xf86-video-fbdev`
VIA	`get xorg-xf86-video-openchrome`

Touch screen Driver

If your machine use a touch screen, you could install the driver for it:

get xorg-xf86-input-wacom

Usefull applications

You should now install a few tools that might be very useful:

Compressed files tools

get zip unzip

Home directory and sound themes manager

get xdg-user-dirs sound-theme-freedesktop

Recycle bin and automatic medias mounting manager

get gvfs

Sound manager

get alsa-utils pavucontrol

NTFS (windows) formated partitions manager

get ntfs-3g

Internet Browser

get firefox

Mail client

get thunderbird

Office suite

get libreoffice

Instant message

get pidgin

Laptop pad management

get xorg-xf86-input-synaptics

Wireless tools management

If you are using a wireless connection as default, install network-manager-applet:

get network-manager-applet

And to finish up

The easiest way is to reboot your machine. After reboot, you will be prompted to choose your login name via lxdm or slim. If you have installed slim, you should press F1 to select the right desktop to login to.

sudo reboot

Conclusion

I suggest that you read the section on the base commands to enable you to go further with your installation.