# 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