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authorGabriel Arakaki Giovanini <mail@gabrielgio.me>2022-12-17 17:53:12 +0100
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feat: Finish alpine setup
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---
title: "Alpine set up for daily driver"
date: 2022-12-10
-draft: true
tags: ['alpine', 'linux']
---
-# Installation Process
-
-
## Disable secure boot
First, always check for secure book. If it is enabled you won't be able to boot
@@ -104,21 +100,59 @@ Now we will install the necessary drivers for `xorg` to run properly. Firs
search for all video drivers `apk search xf86-video*` and install whatever you
have for you computer (in my case `apk add apk add xf86-video-amdgpu`)
-* `apk add mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium mesa-egl`
-* `setup-xorg-base`
-* `apk add lightdm-gtk-greeter`
-* `setup-devd udev`
-* `rc-update add dbus`
-* `rc-update add lightdm`
-
-* `apk add terminus-font`
-* `dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id`
-* `rc-update add dbus`
-* `apk add i3wm i3status xterm i3lock`
-* `add user <NAME> input`
-* `add user <NAME> video`
-* `reboot`
+Add required mesa drivers:
+
+```bash
+apk add mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium mesa-egl
+```
+
+Alpine provides a command to install required packages for xorg
+
+```bash
+setup-xorg-base
+```
+
+Now to set the `lightdm` and its required dbus setup:
+
+```bash
+apk add lightdm-gtk-greeter
+setup-devd udev
+rc-update add dbus boot
+rc-update add lightdm boot
+apk add terminus-font
+dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+rc-update add dbus
+```
+
+Now for the i3wm:
+
+```bash
+apk add i3wm i3status xterm i3lock
+add user <NAME> input`
+add user <NAME> video`
+```
+
+## Extras
+
+There is a list go command that I use that may be helpful:
+
+``` bash
+apk add perl bash fzf # required for things to work
+apk add fish # shell
+apk add zathura-pdf-poppler # pdf viewer
+apk add ranger # file explorer
+apk add alpine-sdk make git go # some dev tooling
+apk add qutebrowser # browser
+apk add keepassxc # password manager
+apk add aerc # mail
+```
+
+## Wiki
+
+There is a more complete from the alpine wiki[^4], which will give more context
+to the commands.
[^1]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Questions_asked_by_setup-alpine
[^2]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#The_general_course_of_action
[^3]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository
+[^4]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Setting_up_a_laptop