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@@ -4,7 +4,20 @@ Lightweight Desktop installer for Alpine Linux based on the suckless philosophy.  -Includes my own custom set of suckless tools (dwm, slstatus, dmenu, etc.). Ships with `ohmyzsh` and personal `vim` configs. Uses `qutebrowser` for default browser. +Includes my own custom set of suckless tools (dwm, slstatus, dmenu, etc.). Ships with `ohmyzsh` and my personal `vim` configs. + +## What You Get + +The Open Suck installer gives you the absolute barebones desktop experience: + +- `dwm` for window management +- `ranger` for your file browser +- `firefox` as your core web browser +- `aerc` for your terminal-based mail client +- `slock` for screen locking +- `scrot`/`slop` for simple screenshot utilities +- `feh` for your image/file viewing +- `dunst` for notifications ## Downloading @@ -12,7 +25,7 @@ Includes my own custom set of suckless tools (dwm, slstatus, dmenu, etc.). Ships 2. Run `setup-alpine` 3. Run `setup-xorg-base` 4. [Enable community/edge/testing repos](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository) -5. Install git, vim & doas +5. Install git, vim & doas (doas is better than sudo!) 6. Edit doas permissions (`/etc/doas.conf`): ``` @@ -47,27 +60,29 @@ cd alpine-suck ## Installing -1. Install dependencies by running `./install-dependencies.sh` -2. Compile and install suckless software by running the `./install.sh` +1. Install dependencies +2. Compile and install suckless software ## TLDR -```sh -cd alpine-suck # CD into this repository -doas sh ./install-dependencies.sh # Install alpine packages -``` - -Be sure to change the `$ALPINE_USER` variable to match that of your current -user: +**Warning**: Change the `$ALPINE_USER` variable inside `install-dependencies.sh` to match that of your current +user. ``` $ALPINE_USER="bt" ``` -Then run the script to build suckless programs: +Then continue... + +```sh +cd alpine-suck # CD into this repository +doas sh ./install-dependencies.sh # Install alpine packages +``` + +Give that some time. Once it is complete, run `install.sh` to build the suckless programs: ```sh -doas sh ./install.sh # Install everything +doas sh ./install.sh # Build & install everything ``` Reboot the machine. Log in as your main user. Run: |