# A desktop environment using "Gnome" import archinstall 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. """ # Gnome optionally supports xorg, we'll install it since it also # includes graphic driver setups (this might change in the future) 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("gnome", "/somewhere/gnome.py") # or through conventional import gnome if __name__ == 'gnome': # Install dependency profiles installation.install_profile('xorg') # Install the application gnome from the template under /applications/ gnome = archinstall.Application(installation, 'gnome') gnome.install() installation.enable_service('gdm') # Gnome Display Manager # We could also start it via xinitrc since we do have Xorg, # but for gnome that's deprecated and wayland is preferred.