[solved]cant install desktop environment on arch installation | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:27 PM

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most likely the problem is my wifi, I cant even ping googls and iwctl is not working.

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@narrow cloak

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:28 PM

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Alright, so, networking issues

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what's going on?

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you'll have to explain it to me, I'm blind, I don't have all the info

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:29 PM

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i dont know I was trying to install plasma and then it gave me error on all the packages

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before this, I had set up a user

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and reboot to enter arch

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using grub

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:29 PM

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alright, so you're already on an installed system and not the live environment

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:30 PM

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yeah

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:30 PM

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how did you get networking to work during the installation?

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:30 PM

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i use iwctl and connected to my network on wlan0

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:31 PM

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Alright. Do you remember ever installing a networkmanager package?

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:31 PM

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yes

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i did install networkmanager

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:31 PM

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did you enable the service? systemctl enable NetworkManager

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:31 PM

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not sure

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i dont think so

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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You can run the command again, it'll do nothing if it's already enabled.

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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it did nothing

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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Alright, what happens if you do systemctl status NetworkManager?

scenic aurora May 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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NetworkManager with capitaL N and M

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nmtui after that

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:33 PM

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let me show h

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narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:33 PM

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scenic aurora NetworkManager with capitaL N and M

If the command did nothing, they typed it correctly. The service is already enabled. If they made a typo it would've said the service was not found

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Can already tell it's running

scenic aurora May 17, 2023, 6:34 PM

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Geo it's running

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Yep

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nmtui now

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:34 PM

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what

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activate a connection ?

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:35 PM

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Run the nmtui command to enter the NetworkManager setup menu

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:35 PM

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yes it did through me there, its blue

scenic aurora May 17, 2023, 6:35 PM

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Now it's really intuitive

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Use enter to click on a button if it's highlighted

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:36 PM

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I think it's either "Add Connection" or "Activate Connection", then it should give you a list of available WiFi networks

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I can't remember which it is because it's been a while but it'll be one of those two

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:36 PM

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okay got it

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gnome or plasma

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gnome

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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Oh so you're connected now?

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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yesss

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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Ping google just to be safe?

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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works

scenic aurora May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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Ping archlinux.org

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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scenic aurora Ping archlinux.org

works better

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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Alright

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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letss glo

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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As far as DEs go it's completely up to you

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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its installing

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thanks fellas

scenic aurora May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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Mark it as solved

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.solved

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:38 PM

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narrow cloak As far as DEs go it's completely up to you

yep. i choose plasma cause I have used gnome on Ubuntu

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.solved

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:39 PM

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I really like GNOME except for one bug I have with it that breaks a11y

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but this isn't the place for that

fading slate May 17, 2023, 6:39 PM

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narrow cloak I really like GNOME except for one bug I have with it that breaks a11y

the one u submitted on their gitlab page ?

narrow cloak May 17, 2023, 6:44 PM

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Yeah

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