GNOME
Pre-installation
GNOME supports both X and Wayland sessions. Follow the "Wayland" or "Xorg" sections to setup your preferred environment.
Install the dbus
package, ensure the dbus
service is enabled, and reboot for
the changes to take effect.
Installation
Install the gnome
package for a GNOME environment which includes the base
GNOME desktop and a subset of GNOME applications. Additional applications are
available via the gnome-apps
package.
A minimal GNOME environment can be created by installing the gnome-core
package. Note, however, that not all GNOME features may be present or
functional.
If you require ZeroConf support, install the avahi
package and enable the avahi-daemon
service.
Starting GNOME
The gdm
package provides the gdm
service for the GNOME Display Manager;
test the service before enabling it.
GDM defaults to providing a Wayland session via the mutter
window manager, but
an X session can be chosen instead.