# Common package for i3, lets user select which i3 configuration they want. import archinstall from archinstall import Menu from archinstall.lib.menu.menu import MenuSelectionType is_top_level_profile = False # New way of defining packages for a profile, which is iterable and can be used out side # of the profile to get a list of "what packages will be installed". __packages__ = [ 'i3lock', 'i3status', 'i3blocks', 'xterm', 'lightdm-gtk-greeter', 'lightdm', 'dmenu', ] 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_configurations = ['i3-wm', 'i3-gaps'] choice = Menu('Select your desired configuration', supported_configurations).run() if choice.type_ != MenuSelectionType.Selection: return False if choice.value: # Temporarily store the selected desktop profile # in a session-safe location, since this module will get reloaded # the next time it gets executed. archinstall.storage['_i3_configuration'] = choice.value # i3 requires a functioning 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') return False if __name__ == 'i3': """ This "profile" is a meta-profile. There are no desktop-specific 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 therefore just a helper to get started """ # Install common packages for all i3 configurations archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(__packages__[:4]) # Install dependency profiles archinstall.storage['installation_session'].install_profile('xorg') # gaps is installed by default so we are overriding it here with lightdm archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(__packages__[4:]) # Auto start lightdm for all users archinstall.storage['installation_session'].enable_service('lightdm') # install the i3 group now archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(archinstall.storage['_i3_configuration'])