GNOME

GNOME is the default desktop of Chimera.

Installation

The easiest way is to use the base-desktop metapackage.

# apk add base-desktop

This adds gnome as well as several things a desktop session will typically want, including graphics drivers.

It is possible to install those things individually for more fine-grained control. Those users may also be interested in the gnome-core package which only installs a relatively bare desktop without auxiliary apps.

Starting

Keep in mind that GNOME requires elogind. In a typical setup, this is enabled by default, i.e. requires explicit masking to avoid. You do not need to manually enable elogind if you have not removed its service link. Likewise, it requires dbus, both system and session bus, see D-Bus.

Otherwise, you only have to start the gdm service. You can enable it:

# dinitctl enable gdm

That will make it start on every boot. If you want to run it just once, you can also do:

# dinitctl start gdm

After that, you only need to log in and a desktop should come up.