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#!/bin/sh
# non-interactive kde installer for alpine
# apk add curl && curl -L https://cutt.ly/alpine_kde | sh
echo "I will make Alpine Linux a Desktop Linux.. ."
## Desktop user
apk add sudo
export USER='user'
adduser -D $USER && echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/$USER && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USER
echo "➜ Desktop user created"
##
echo "‣ Add login manager"
## Set here your preferred X driver
apk add xf86-video-modesetting
setup-xorg-base
echo "‣ Add main and community repositories"
cat > /etc/apk/repositories << EOF; $(echo)
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v$(cat /etc/alpine-release | cut -d'.' -f1,2)/main
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v$(cat /etc/alpine-release | cut -d'.' -f1,2)/community
EOF
apk update
echo "★ Add Desktop Environment"
apk add plasma-desktop kde-applications-network kde-applications-base
apk add polkit consolekit2 breeze breeze-icons systemsettings
# Add NetworkManager
apk add plasma-nm
rc-service networkmanager start
rc-update add networkmanager
# Add fuse
apk add fuse-openrc gvfs-fuse gvfs-smb
rc-service fuse start
rc-update add fuse
# NOTE: `sddm` do not work
apk add lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter dbus-x11
# rc-service lightdm start
rc-update add lightdm
apk add alsa-utils alsa-lib alsaconf
addgroup $USER audio
addgroup root audio
apk add pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa alsa-plugins-pulse
rc-service alsa start
rc-update add alsa
echo "★ Add software"
# apk add firefox-esr
#apk add chromium
apk add htop neofetch
echo "★★★ Congrats! ★★★ run: passwd user, to set your user password and then run: reboot"
## Some more stuff you could need
# rc-service wpa_supplicant start
# /etc/init.d/networking restart
# sudo rc-update add wpa_supplicant boot
# sudo apk add acpi
# sudo apk add cpufreqd
# sudo rc-update add cpufreqd
# sudo apk add xbacklight xrand
## FIXME
#- brightness keys not working
#- networkmanager
#- pulseaudio
# no shutdown from GUI
#- no auth mount usbke
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ghost commented Jul 3, 2022

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