# A desktop environment selector. import archinstall, os 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. """ supported_desktops = ['gnome', 'kde', 'awesome'] desktop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_desktops, 'Select your desired desktop environment: ') # Temporarly store the selected desktop profile # in a session-safe location, since this module will get re-loaded # the next time it gets executed. archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'] = desktop profile = archinstall.Profile(None, desktop) # Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered. with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{desktop}.py") as imported: if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'): return imported._prep_function() else: print(f"Deprecated (??): {desktop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore") if __name__ == 'desktop': """ This "profile" is a meta-profile. There are no specific desktop-steps, it simply routes the installer to whichever desktop environment/window manager was chosen. Maybe in the future, a network manager or similar things *could* be added here. We should honor that Arch Linux does not officially endorse a desktop-setup, nor is it trying to be a turn-key desktop distribution. There are plenty of desktop-turn-key-solutions based on Arch Linux, this is therefor just a helper to get started """ # TODO: Remove magic variable 'installation' and place it # in archinstall.storage or archinstall.session/archinstall.installation installation.install_profile(archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'])