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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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8 | <sect1 id="lxqt-post-install" xreflabel="LXQt-Post-Install">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="post-install.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>LXQt Desktop Final Instructions</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="lxqt-post-install">
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14 | <primary sortas="g-lxqt-post-install">LXQt-post-install</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2 role="package">
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18 | <title>Post-Install Instructions</title>
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19 |
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20 | <para>
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21 | Final steps, before starting <application>LXQt</application>.
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22 | </para>
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23 |
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24 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Dependencies to Start LXQt</bridgehead>
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25 |
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26 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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27 | <para role="required">
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28 | <xref linkend="openbox"/>, or another window manager, such as
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29 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="xfwm4"/>, or
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30 | kwin from <xref role="nodep" linkend="plasma5-build"/>.
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31 | Note that <xref role="nodep" linkend="icewm"/> is not suitable for LXQt.
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32 | </para>
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33 |
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34 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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35 | <para role="recommended">
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36 | <xref linkend="breeze-icons"/> and
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37 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>
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38 | </para>
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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41 | <para role="optional">
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42 | <xref linkend="lightdm"/> or another Display Manager, e.g.
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43 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="lxdm"/>, and
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44 | <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>
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45 | </para>
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46 |
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47 | </sect2>
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48 |
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49 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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50 | <title>Final Configuration</title>
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51 |
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52 | <sect3 id="lxqt-final-updates" xreflabel="LXQt Final Updates">
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53 | <title>LXQt Final Updates</title>
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54 |
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55 | <para>
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56 | The desktop databases have to be created or updated at this point.
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57 | Run the following commands as the &root; user:
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58 | </para>
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59 |
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60 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ldconfig &&
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61 | update-mime-database /usr/share/mime &&
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62 | xdg-icon-resource forceupdate &&
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63 | update-desktop-database -q</userinput></screen>
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64 |
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65 | </sect3>
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66 |
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67 | </sect2>
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68 |
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69 | <sect2 role="starting">
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70 | <title>Starting LXQt</title>
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71 |
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72 | <para revision="sysv">
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73 | You can start <application>LXQt</application> from runlevel 3, using
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74 | <xref linkend="xinit"/>, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager,
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75 | such as <xref linkend="lightdm"/>.
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76 | </para>
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77 |
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78 | <para revision="systemd">
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79 | You can start <application>LXQt</application> from a TTY, using
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80 | <xref linkend="xinit"/>, or by using a graphical display manager such
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81 | as <xref linkend="lightdm"/>.
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82 | </para>
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83 |
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84 | <para>
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85 | To start <application>LXQt</application> using <xref linkend="xinit"/>,
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86 | run the following commands:
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87 | </para>
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88 |
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89 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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90 | <literal>exec startlxqt</literal>
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91 | EOF
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92 |
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93 | startx</userinput></screen>
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94 |
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95 | <para>
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96 | The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt1.
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97 | You can switch to another vt<emphasis>n</emphasis> simultaneously
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98 | pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-F<emphasis>n</emphasis>
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99 | (<emphasis>n</emphasis>=2, 3, ...). To switch back to the X session,
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100 | normally started at vt1, use Ctrl-Alt-F1. The vt where the command
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101 | <command>startx</command> was executed will display many messages,
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102 | including X starting messages, applications automatically started with
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103 | the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages, but are
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104 | hidden by the graphical interface. You may prefer to redirect those
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105 | messages to a log file, which can be used for debug purposes. This can
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106 | be done starting X with:
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107 | </para>
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108 |
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109 | <screen><userinput>startx &> ~/.x-session-errors</userinput></screen>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | <sect2>
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114 | <title>Initial Configuration</title>
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115 |
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116 | <para>
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117 | When LXQt first starts, it will ask you for the window manager to use.
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118 | To start, the BLFS editors recomment using <application>openbox</application>.
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119 | At this point both the background and the panel will be black. Right clicking
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120 | on the backgound will bring up a menu and selecting "Desktop Preferences"
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121 | will allow you to change the background color or set a background image.
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <para>
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125 | The panel will be at the bottom of the screen. Right clicking on the
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126 | panel will bring up a menu that will allow you to customize the panel
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127 | including adding widgets and setting the background color.
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128 | </para>
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129 |
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130 | <note>
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131 | <para>
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132 | The user configuration files will be created in the directory
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133 | $HOME/.config/lxqt/. To get widget icons to display properly,
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134 | the lxqt.conf file may need to be manually edited to include the
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135 | line "icon_theme=oxygen".
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136 | </para>
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137 | </note>
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138 |
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139 | </sect2>
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140 | </sect1>
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