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Install GNOME and KDE on Arch Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Question : How  to install  KDE  or  Gnome  in  ArchLinux ?ArchlinuxLogo2

Answer:

In our previous post, we did show you how to install Arch Linux, if you want to install Gnome or Kde, please use the following steps:

1 – First update  repository  using the commands  :

# pacman -Syu 
#pacman-db-upgrade

2- Install KDE/Gnome : Enter the following command:

#packman -Sy kde  kdm  gdm xorg-xinit dbus gnome gnome-extra

3- To activate Xorg  on bellow  environments  :

  • qemu
  • VMware
  • VirtualBox

Use the following command:

pacman -Sy xorg xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-vesa

Add dbus and gdm to your DAEMONS array so it starts automatically on boot: you can change gdm with kdm if you like it

start  dbus

# rc.d start dbus

add  dbus  to the  daemons  vi  /etc/rc.conf  the  last line

DAEMONS=...dbus  

Start Kdm or gdm to get the screen bellow

 #gdm 


{module user9-footer}

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.
  • http://lehollandaisvolant.net/ le hollandais volant

    But this does not share files between the two accounts, does-it ? And the files (KDE’s and Gnome’s are mixeds).

    You can also use 2 accounts, and share the files : http://lehollandaisvolant.net/linux/gkde/

    • pirat9

      le partage na rien avoir avec les sessions , avec Samba ou webdav tu peux partager les fichiers et dossiers comme tu veux

  • Wbaldwin80

    nope didnt work.

  • Enus P Shazbot

    You spelled pacman wrong in step 2.

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