Merge pull request #278 from dylanmtaylor/mate-desktop

Implement MATE desktop environment

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/profiles/mate.py b/profiles/mate.py
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+# A desktop environment using "MATE"
+
+import archinstall
+
+is_top_level_profile = False
+
+def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
+	"""
+	Magic function called by the importing installer
+	before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
+	other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
+	for more input before any other installer steps start.
+	"""
+
+	# MATE requires a functional xorg installation.
+	profile = archinstall.Profile(None, 'xorg')
+	with profile.load_instructions(namespace='xorg.py') as imported:
+		if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+			return imported._prep_function()
+		else:
+			print('Deprecated (??): xorg profile has no _prep_function() anymore')
+
+# Ensures that this code only gets executed if executed
+# through importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("mate", "/somewhere/mate.py")
+# or through conventional import mate
+if __name__ == 'mate':
+	# Install dependency profiles
+	installation.install_profile('xorg')
+
+	# Install the application mate from the template under /applications/
+	mate = archinstall.Application(installation, 'mate')
+	mate.install()
+
+	installation.enable_service('lightdm') # Light Display Manager