source: lxqt/desktop/post-install.xml@ 28370fe

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<sect1 id="post-install" xreflabel="LXQt-Post-Install">
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    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>LXQt Desktop Final Instructions</title>

  <indexterm zone="post-install">
    <primary sortas="a-post-install">LXQt-post-install</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
  <title>Post-Install Instructions</title>

    <para>
      Final steps, before starting <application>LXQt</application>.
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Dependencies to Start LXQt</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="openbox"/> (runtime) - this may be replaced by
      another WM, see the Configuring instructions in <xref
      linkend="lxqt-session"/>.
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="consolekit"/> alone or with
      <xref linkend="sddm"/> (this has been
      reported as the <quote>recommended <application>LXQt</application>
      display manager</quote>) or another Display Manager, e.g.
      <xref linkend="lxdm"/>.
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/post-install"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="final-config">
    <title>Final configuration</title>

    <para>
      If installed in /usr, you do not need final configuration. Jump to
      <quote>Starting LXQt</quote>, below.
    </para>

    <para>
      If installed in /opt, in order for the system to find some files, run the
      following commands, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svfn $LXQT_PREFIX/share/lxqt /usr/share/lxqt &amp;&amp;

for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/applications/*
do
  ln -svf $i /usr/share/applications/
done

for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/desktop-directories/*
do
  ln -svf $i /usr/share/desktop-directories/
done

unset i</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="starting">
    <title>Starting LXQt</title>

    <para>
      If an optional Display Manager have been installed and you wish to use it,
      skip the following steps.
    </para>

    <para>
      To start <application>LXQt</application> using <xref linkend="xinit"/>,
      run the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
ck-launch-session startlxqt
EOF

startx</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>