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diff --git a/carbslinux.org b/carbslinux.org index 52ef531..750f4a4 100644 --- a/carbslinux.org +++ b/carbslinux.org @@ -64,13 +64,12 @@ for doing the first. - [[#fstab][Fstab]] - [[#post-installation][Post-installation]] - [[#kiss-repositories][KISS repositories]] -- [[#init-system][Init System]] - - [[#configuring-init][Configuring Init]] - - [[#kernel-command-line][Kernel Command Line]] - - [[#etcinitrcconf-file][=/etc/init/rc.conf= file]] - - [[#init-hooks][Init Hooks]] - - [[#changing-init-program][Changing Init Program]] - - [[#rebooting-after-changing-init][Rebooting after changing init]] +- [[#software][Software]] + - [[#init-system][Init System]] + - [[#configuring-init][Configuring Init]] + - [[#changing-init-program][Changing Init Program]] + - [[#display-systems][Display Systems]] + - [[#wayland][Wayland]] - [[#contribution-guidelines][Contribution Guidelines]] - [[#conventions][Conventions]] - [[#shell-conventions][Shell Conventions]] @@ -323,7 +322,9 @@ cpt-install package :DESCRIPTION: Software you might want to include on your system :END: -Here is a list of software that you might want to have on your system. +Here is a small list of software that you might want to have on your system as +you are setting up. You might want to check the *Software* section in the full +documentation to learn more about other packaged software. *BOOTLOADERS* @@ -345,22 +346,6 @@ Here is a list of software that you might want to have on your system. - nano - vim -- neatvi -- emacs -- emacs-nox (terminal-only version of emacs) - -*USER SHELLS* - -- bash -- zsh -- oksh -- rc - -*POSIX BASE UTILITIES* - -- busybox -- sbase -- coreutils *DOCUMENTATION* @@ -374,7 +359,7 @@ Here is a list of software that you might want to have on your system. :END: All the documentation for Carbs Linux can be found on a single info manual to be -viewed offline. You can obtain texinfo or the info (standalone) package in order +viewed offline. You can obtain either =texinfo= or the =info= packages in order to view the documentation. #+BEGIN_SRC sh @@ -571,11 +556,22 @@ You can check the rest of the documentation to learn more about the system. :DESCRIPTION: Acquire kiss repositories :END: -While not 100% compatible with cpt, you can use kiss repositories in your -system the same way you are using the distribution repositories. Here is an -example for the KISS Linux Community repository. +There have been recent changes to the =kiss= package manager that breaks +compatibility with =cpt=. These changes throw away the entire premise of their +"static" packaging system. =cpt= will never implement those changes, so don't +expect any KISS package that was changed during or after July 2021 to work with +=cpt=. + +* Software + +The distribution aims to package essential and useful software needed in a +practical system. If the repository lacks a package that you use, you may also +easily package it yourself or request it to be added to the default repositories +over on the IRC channel (=#carbslinux= on [[https://libera.chat][Libera]]). -* Init System +This section goes over the details of some packaged software + +** Init System :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Configure the init system :END: @@ -585,7 +581,7 @@ boot and shutdown processes. It also provides its own halting program named shalt. This provides a portable method that doesn't rely on non-POSIX external programs. -** Configuring Init +*** Configuring Init :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Ways to configure the init system :END: @@ -596,7 +592,7 @@ There are three ways you can change the behaviour of the init system. Those are: - =/etc/init/rc.conf= file - Init Hooks -*** Kernel Command Line +**** Kernel Command Line :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Configure init through the boot parameters :END: @@ -623,7 +619,7 @@ quiet=1 Some of these variables, such as =rw=/=ro=, =loglevel=, and =quiet=, will be used by the init system to change the behaviour of the startup. -*** =/etc/init/rc.conf= file +**** =/etc/init/rc.conf= file :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Configure init through the configuration file :END: @@ -633,7 +629,7 @@ parameters. You can specify variables here as well, although note that the kernel command line always gets the priority for these variables since they can be set just before boot. -*** Init Hooks +**** Init Hooks :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Configure init through hooks :END: @@ -650,7 +646,7 @@ hook name as the suffix. For example, a boot script will be placed as - umount :: Run just before filesystems are unmounted. - post.shutdown :: Run just before the system is halted. -** Changing Init Program +*** Changing Init Program :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Replace the default busybox init with something new :END: @@ -659,7 +655,7 @@ By default, Carbs Linux comes preinstalled with =busybox-init=, but this can easily be replaced without any issues. Currently, available init systems are: - =sinit= -- =busybox= +- =busybox= init - =runit= - =shinit= @@ -673,7 +669,7 @@ cpt a runit /usr/bin/poweroff cpt a runit /usr/bin/reboot #+END_SRC -*** Rebooting after changing init +**** Rebooting after changing init :PROPERTIES: :DESCRIPTION: Ways to reboot after replacing the init system :END: @@ -689,28 +685,58 @@ currently running on your system and not the one you are switching to. | runit | =runit-init 6= | | shinit/sinit | =kill -s INT 1= | -* TODO Wayland :noexport: -:PROPERTIES: -:DESCRIPTION: Installing Wayland on Carbs Linux -:END: +** TODO Display Systems + +Carbs Linux supports both Xorg and Wayland in the distribution repositories. +This section serves as a guide to set up your preferred display server. Follow +the subsection for the display server you want to setup. + +*** Wayland Wayland is a modern display server protocol intended as a replacement for Xorg. Wayland has a much simpler architecture compared to X by its careful design and implementation. Users who want to use a Wayland compositor should follow this section. -** TODO Enabling the Wayland repository +**** Enabling the Wayland repository The =wayland= repository requires packages from =xorg= and =extra= repositories. +So you should set your =$CPT_PATH= so that =core= and =extra= repositories +precede the =wayland= repository, and the =xorg= repository should come after +=wayland=. Here is an example below, where =$REPOSITORY= points to the root of +your repository. + +#+begin_src sh +CPT_PATH=$REPOSITORY/core +CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$REPOSITORY/extra +CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$REPOSITORY/wayland +CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$REPOSITORY/xorg +export CPT_PATH +#+end_src + +After you have enabled your repositories, go ahead and install =wayland= and +=wayland-protocols= packages. + +#+begin_src sh +cpt-build wayland wayland-protocols +#+end_src + +**** Switching from Xorg + +If you are already an Xorg user, you will need to rebuild some packages so that +they support =wayland=. If you don't have an =xorg= system, feel free to skip +this step. The packages that need a rebuild are: -** TODO Switching from Xorg +- gtk+3 +- gtk4 +- mesa +- xorg-server (for Xwayland support) +- webkit2gtk -If you are switching from Xorg, you will need to recompile some programs to -reflect on the changes. Those are: +**** TODO Installing a Compositor -- =xorg-server= -- =gtk+3= -- =mesa= +The =wayland= repository currently only contains =sway= as a Wayland compositor, +but you can package something else for your own. * Contribution Guidelines :PROPERTIES: |