45 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
45 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
# A desktop environment selector.
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import archinstall, os
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def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
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"""
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Magic function called by the importing installer
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before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
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other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
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for more input before any other installer steps start.
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"""
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supported_desktops = ['gnome', 'kde', 'awesome']
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desktop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_desktops, 'Select your desired desktop environemtn: ')
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# Temporarly store the selected desktop profile
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# in a session-safe location, since this module will get re-loaded
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# the next time it gets executed.
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archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'] = desktop
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profile = archinstall.Profile(None, desktop)
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# Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered.
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with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{desktop}.py") as imported:
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if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
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return imported._prep_function()
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else:
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print(f"Deprecated (??): {desktop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore")
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if __name__ == 'desktop':
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"""
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This "profile" is a meta-profile.
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There are no specific desktop-steps, it simply routes
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the installer to whichever desktop environment/window manager was chosen.
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Maybe in the future, a network manager or similar things *could* be added here.
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We should honor that Arch Linux does not officially endorse a desktop-setup, nor is
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it trying to be a turn-key desktop distribution.
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There are plenty of desktop-turn-key-solutions based on Arch Linux,
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this is therefor just a helper to get started
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"""
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# TODO: Remove magic variable 'installation' and place it
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# in archinstall.storage or archinstall.session/archinstall.installation
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installation.install_profile(archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile']) |