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| wiki:adding_a_desktop_to_microcore [2012/03/19 16:19] – [#Download an X server] BobBagwill | wiki:adding_a_desktop_to_microcore [2018/09/26 09:00] (current) – updated tcedir location bernhard | ||
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| There are two ways to install/ | There are two ways to install/ | ||
| - | 1) Place them into your persistent tce directory and they will be loaded when your system boots. | + | - Place them into your persistent tce directory and they will be loaded when your system boots. |
| + | - Load them via bootloader. (essentially, | ||
| - | 2) Load them via bootloader. (essentially, | + | ==== Downloading and installing core elements ==== |
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| - | ==== #Downloading and installing core elements ==== | + | |
| First you need to cd to your tce dir | First you need to cd to your tce dir | ||
| - | ^tc@box: | + | |
| + | ^cd / | ||
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| + | until Core Release 4.2 this was | ||
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| + | ^cd `cat / | ||
| Download core elements | Download core elements | ||
| ^tc@box:/ | ^tc@box:/ | ||
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| tc@box:/ | tc@box:/ | ||
| Xvesa extension: | Xvesa extension: | ||
| - | ^tc@box:/ | + | ^tc@box:/ |
| - | Xfbdev | + | Xfbdev: |
| - | ^cd `cat / | + | ^cd `cat / |
| - | tc@box:/ | + | ^tc@box:/ |
| - | Full blown Xorg | + | Full-blown Xorg: |
| - | ^tc@box:/ | + | ^tce-load -wi Xorg-7.4.tcz^ |
| - | ==== #Download and install a window manager ==== | + | |
| - | There are many window managers available for TinyCore and MicroCore in the repository. The default used in TinyCore is flwm, and will be used in this example, you may use any WM you like, just replace flwm.tcz with the WM you want in the following command. | + | ==== Download and install a window manager ==== |
| - | ^tc@box:/ | + | There are many window managers available for TinyCore and MicroCore in the repository. The default used in TinyCore is flwm (Fast Light Window Manager), and will be used in this example. You may use any WM you like. Just replace flwm.tcz with the WM you want in the following command: |
| + | ^tc@box:/ | ||
| + | Get wbar and aterm, too. | ||
| Note: you may browse the extension repository at | Note: you may browse the extension repository at | ||
| - | http:// | + | '' |
| - | Please use the tce-load -w -i command to download and install chosen WM to avoid dependency problems. | + | Please use the '' |
| You can also use a cli version of the appbrowser available in the repo to search for and install a WM and other extensions | You can also use a cli version of the appbrowser available in the repo to search for and install a WM and other extensions | ||
| - | ^tc@box:/ | + | < |
| - | tc@box:/ | + | tc@box:/ |
| - | ==== #Start the Xserver and WM ==== | + | </ |
| - | The command | + | |
| - | ^tc@box:/ | + | ==== Start the Xserver and WM ==== |
| - | tc@box:~$ startx^ | + | The command |
| - | ==== #Conclusion ==== | + | < |
| - | You should now have a working desktop environment similar to the one found in TinyCore. Use the appbrowser to add extensions to fill out your OS. If you had a persistent tce dir set up prior to following this guide, the desktop will be started automatically during subsequent boots. | + | tc@box:/ |
| + | tc@box:~$ startx | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | ==== Conclusion ==== | ||
| + | You should now have a working desktop environment similar to the one found in TinyCore. Use the appbrowser to add extensions to fill out your OS. If you had a persistent tce dir set up prior to following this guide, the desktop will be started automatically during subsequent boots. | ||
