ligoxi
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Post by ligoxi on Nov 2, 2021 13:51:31 GMT
I have read that ylee has plans for releasing a pure E version soon. Perhaps below script from github is of help but i am sure you are aware of it already. github.com/batden/esteemThe creator of the script and translator of bodhi and E has also another script to uninstall E from Ubuntu. Hope this helps anyone interested in trying E. (Not me) |
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 2, 2021 17:28:56 GMT
That looks interesting. I might have a go at this. Thanks  |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Nov 3, 2021 18:31:44 GMT
I figured I'd give it a try!
For anyone interested here's a few screenshots of the process. I didn't do it on Bodhi as I assumed that it'd probably conflict with Moksha, and since topic here says bleeding edge, figured I'd try bleeding-edge Ubuntu (pre-release 22.04LTS).
I followed the instructions exactly, and when running the script the first time, got a nice colorful menu!
It then installs lots of software, presumably build tools and dependencies for e itself, etc...
The instructions on github don't mention anything about this question, so at first I wasn't sure if I should perhaps clone enlightenment source, but actually its just a poorly worded question - it should ask for a path FOR, not path TO (maybe i should try to PR that change!). I used /home/jammy/testing and the script proceeded...
 Can only attach three pictures to a single message, so pic is external. In any case, I checked on progress and this is the second time I've checked on it and it was paused asking for password. So be aware you can't run this script unattended and hope it'll finish by itself! It may be possible to run the script with sudo and avoid that, but since it wasn't suggested in the instructions I didn't start that way, but if for some reason I do this again, I most certainly will try (along with using default foldername for script repo and not copying script to downloads folder which sounds pointless to me). Alternatively I could try looking into how to set the sudo password expiration time period, and increase it temporarily before running this script....
So its finally actually downloading e source! Looks like its gunna build terminology too (unless somehow terminology source is required to build enlightenment)...
 Several more of those password requests, but it's finally done.... |
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 3, 2021 20:17:52 GMT
Off topic, but it looks like the three attached images limit is a proboards enforced restriction. If you want to post more we have to use an image hosting site, but they can be embedded by doing [ img ] URL to image[ /img ]. Looking forward to the next installment Edit - there is no space in the img bracket, but that's the only way I can post it without it looking for an image to embed instead of showing the text. (But you already know that) |
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Post by ligoxi on Nov 3, 2021 20:53:58 GMT
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Post by enigma9o7 on Nov 3, 2021 21:31:34 GMT
Took me a minute to figure out how to change DEs from the gnome login manager, but eventually found it - AFTER entering username...
The first time I tried to login, all I got was a black screen. Gave it ten minuted then reset, and it worked the next try. The Enlightenment setup wizard started automatically and asked various questions like language, scale factor, window focus preferences, and provided advice like this that made me think the network might not work - but if I had just remembered the tips right above what the cow said, I wouldn't have been worried. Also noticed there are "Next" buttons, but no "Previous" button available if you want to go back...  Then the desktop!
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 3, 2021 22:57:00 GMT
Nice, does the script assume xorg is installed? Or do you think it would work on say Ubuntu server?
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Post by enigma9o7 on Nov 4, 2021 4:25:30 GMT
I suspect its intended to work from ubuntu server, no desktop needed already.
Ubuntu was using wayland (although I see now an xorg option available in that gnome login menu).... i dunno if E is using wayland or xorg... not sure how that works...
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 4, 2021 8:05:41 GMT
That’s cool. Looks like wayland by default?
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Post by thewaiter on Nov 4, 2021 8:07:54 GMT
E supports X11 as well as Wayland. In Batden's script is a condition for checking which protocol is used.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Nov 4, 2021 16:14:38 GMT
Interesting. I've gotten used to using sudo password in interactive case and don't mind. However, I did look up how to increase the timeout before sudo asks for password again; for example setting it to 120 minutes would allow this script to complete unattended. Probably less, depending on cpu etc... but more wouldn't hurt either....
echo "Defaults timestamp_timeout=120" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/timeout
And if for some reason you want to set it back to default, can just sudo rm that file afterwards.
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