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+# A desktop environemtn using "Awesome" window manager.
+
+import archinstall
+
+def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Magic function called by the importing installer
+ before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
+ other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
+ for more input before any other installer steps start.
+ """
+
+ # Gnome optionally supports xorg, we'll install it since it also
+ # includes graphic driver setups (this might change in the future)
+ profile = archinstall.Profile(None, 'xorg')
+ with profile.load_instructions(namespace='xorg.py') as imported:
+ if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+ return imported._prep_function()
+ else:
+ print('Deprecated (??): xorg profile has no _prep_function() anymore')
+
+# Ensures that this code only gets executed if executed
+# through importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("awesome", "/somewhere/awesome.py")
+# or through conventional import awesome
+if __name__ == 'awesome':
+ # Install dependency profiles
+ installation.install_profile('xorg')
+
+ # Install the application gnome from the template under /applications/
+ gnome = archinstall.Application(installation, 'gnome')
+ gnome.install()
+
+ installation.enable_service('gdm') # Gnome Display Manager
+ # We could also start it via xinitrc since we do have Xorg,
+ # but for gnome that's deprecated and wayland is preferred. \ No newline at end of file