Update README.md for openSUSE tumbleweed #387
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Added a quick step-by-step instructions showing how to install cosmic to openSUSE tumbleweed using opi.
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| After installing keep the repo, then install the rest of the packages with the following command. | ||
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| zypper in cosmic-* pop-* |
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Best not auto-install all packages with those prefixes. That would include third party packages too
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It seems development for COSMIC has moved to official repos a couple of days ago. https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/X11:COSMIC:Next I shall update this readme soon after I test |
Change instructions so that the user adds the Cosmic Factory (stable) repo. Removed instructions that added unnecessary packages. Installing `cosmic-session` does not install all needed packages. Adding `xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic` install the needed portal, as well add the repo, then `cosmic-*` adds what's need to launch cosmic.
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Change instructions so that the user adds the Cosmic Factory (stable) repo. Removed instructions that added unnecessary packages. Installing Adding |
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May want to create an issue upstream to fix the cosmic session dependencies |
Made changes to do a proper install by using `patterns-cosmic`. Which installs all necessary packages.
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Turns out openSUSE uses patterns for installing DEs, so I have added |
Co-authored-by: Maximilian Kolb <mail@maximilian-kolb.de>
patterns can be ok, but for a working environment some packages are a MUST. say, if cosmic-greeter is not there it tries to call it on login, and login would fail. while cosmic-text, cosmic-terminal, and most other stuff is optional and can be installed with patterns.. see https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=cosmic-session-git e.g. the mandatory list is much too big for my taste, as i love the gnome way. have the compositor running and some app which takes super key and double super key to start stuff. |
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Looking at the list of dependencies that |
Added a quick step-by-step instructions showing how to install cosmic to openSUSE tumbleweed using opi.