As you are aware, Arch Linux follows a minimal installation method to adhere to the KISS principle. However, this minimal installation may not be suitable for all, especially those who like to use the graphical desktop.
There are lots of graphical desktop environments available for Arch Linux. But, one such famous desktop environment is Gnome Desktop.
Here, we will see how to install GNOME desktop on Arch Linux.
Create User Account
For security reasons, logging in as a regular user is recommended instead of the privileged user (root). So, create a regular user and then enable sudo access for that user.
useradd -m regular_user passwd regular_user usermod -aG wheel regular_user echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/regular_user
Update Arch Linux
First, you will need to update Arch Linux to the latest version on your system.
pacman -Syu
Then, reboot your system.
reboot
Install GNOME Desktop on Arch Linux
The base GNOME desktop and integrated application are part of the gnome group. gnome-extra contains GNOME applications like email client, IRC client, GNOME tweaks, and games.
GNOME also includes GNOME display manager (GDM) that automatically starts GNOME desktop on the bootup.
So, first, install the gnome and gnome-extra groups with the pacman command.
pacman -Sy gnome gnome-extra
Output:
. . . . . . 52) sushi 53) totem 54) tracker 55) tracker-miners 56) tracker3-miners 57) vino 58) xdg-user-dirs-gtk 59) yelp :: Repository community 60) gnome-boxes 61) simple-scan Enter a selection (default=all): all# Choose the repository to get the required library resolving dependencies... :: There are 2 providers available for libjack.so=0-64: :: Repository extra 1) jack2 2) pipewire-jack Enter a number (default=1): 1 . . . . . . gnome-shell-1:41.3-1 gnome-shell-extensions-41.1-1 gnome-software-41.3-1 gnome-system-monitor-41.0-1 gnome-terminal-3.42.2-1 gnome-user-docs-41.1-1 gnome-user-share-3.34.0-2 gnome-video-effects-0.5.0+4+g9554041-2 gnome-weather-41.0-1 grilo-plugins-1:0.3.14-1 gvfs-1.48.1-1 gvfs-afc-1.48.1-1 gvfs-goa-1.48.1-1 gvfs-google-1.48.1-1 gvfs-gphoto2-1.48.1-1 gvfs-mtp-1.48.1-1 gvfs-nfs-1.48.1-1 gvfs-smb-1.48.1-1 mutter-41.3-2 nautilus-41.2-1 orca-41.2-1 rygel-1:0.40.3-1 simple-scan-40.7-1 sushi-41.0-1 totem-3.38.2-1 tracker-2.3.6+7+gb27396252-3 tracker-miners-2.3.5+2+gec09554af-4 tracker3-miners-3.2.1-2 vino-3.22.0+74+g7a95e10-1 xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.10+9+g5b7efc6-3 yelp-41.2-1 Total Download Size: 513.13 MiB Total Installed Size: 2254.87 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y qemu-6.2.0-2-x86_64 11.1 MiB 3.87 MiB/s 00:03 [####################################################################] 100% adwaita-icon-theme-41.0-1-any 10.7 MiB 9.28 MiB/s 00:01 [####################################################################] 100% ffmpeg-2:4.4.1-1-x86_64 10.4 MiB 9.17 MiB/s 00:01 [####################################################################] 100% libibus-1.5.25-5-x86_64 9.6 MiB 8.28 MiB/s 00:01 [####################################################################] 100% . . . . . . (18/22) Probing GTK3 input method modules... (19/22) Updating icon theme caches... (20/22) Updating GTK4 module cache... (21/22) Reloading GVFS config... (22/22) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
Then, enable GNOME display manager to auto-start at the system bootup.
systemctl enable gdm
Finally, reboot the system.
reboot
Post the server reboot login with a regular user account.
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