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How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

 
Hello everyone.

 Please tell me how to install LxQt and Kwin on a clean system and configure it? What additional programs and settings are needed so that the desktop looks good and programs are displayed correctly?

For example, do I need to install:

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kvantum-qt5

systemsettings

qt6ct

etc

Should I remove OpenBox with all dependencies or will it break the system?

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

Reply #1 –
The LXQt ISO images are as bare-bones as it gets, they only contain LXQt and 3-4 basic applications, why don't you start from there? The default artix-dark theme is preconfigured too.

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

Reply #2 –
Thanks for the answer.

Just for someone who is experienced)) That's why I asked for advice to avoid mistakes.

I understand that there is an ISO configured by someone https://download.artixlinux.org/iso/artix-lxqt-dinit-20240823-x86_64.iso, but I would like to install LxQT on a clean system and then install certain packages, but I don't know which ones..

For example, I installed  "KDE system manager"

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$ sudo pacman -S systemsettings



and got an error..


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QQmlComponent: Component is not ready
"qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/systemsettings/Main.qml:25:5: Type SideBarItem unavailable"
"qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/systemsettings/SideBarItem.qml:12:1: Type Kirigami.ApplicationItem unavailable"
"file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/ApplicationItem.qml:75:1: Type Kirigami.AbstractApplicationItem unavailable"
"file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/AbstractApplicationItem.qml:107:5: Type KT.AbstractApplicationHeader unavailable"
"file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/templates/AbstractApplicationHeader.qml: module \"org.kde.breeze\" is not installed"
Fatal error while loading the sidebar view qml component

 

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

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Should I remove OpenBox with all dependencies or will it break the system?

Hello.

No, Openbox is not necessary to remove. He can live well with other programs :)

How to configure LXQT and KWIN? You can read about KWIN and LXT configurations in LXQT wiki

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

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Should I remove OpenBox with all dependencies or will it break the system?

Hello.

No, Openbox is not necessary to remove. He can live well with other programs :)

How to configure LXQT and KWIN? You can read about KWIN and LXT configurations in LXQT wiki


Thanks, I thought I needed to delete OpenBox, I'll look at the link you gave.

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

Reply #6 –
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but I would like to install LxQT on a clean system and then install certain packages, but I don't know which ones..
This is just too much for a novice user, but there you go:
https://gitea.artixlinux.org/artix/iso-profiles/src/branch/wip

On your recommendation I launched Lxqt-Artix looks good, but the color and design are not mine))

I think the best solution would be a clean system and installation of basic programs and settings so that the system is stable and the user chooses the color and design of the program.

I do not use the programs that are by default in this ISO, I would have to delete them anyway and install those with which I work and change all the colors and design, I think 9 out of 10 people do this))

If someone has a minimal instruction on how you customized Lxqt, I would be grateful to you.

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

Reply #7 –
How's about this. You install the lxqt iso (could use virtual machine) and using pacman get a list of all installed packages. (other methods to get this list are possible but more complex in some regards)

Then in a clean install  you make sure the same packages are installed. If not you install them. Except those packages you've identified as unwanted by you.

I don't have LXQT on my main installed system currently but past experience has shown me that LXQT is not the easiest to get looking a subjective 'nice'.  kvantum helps a lot. If you are going to be using GTK programs then you need some method of theming those as well. The Arch wiki covers this fairly comprehensively.

You can switch between kwin & openbox in one of the LXQT Control Centre windows.

It's unlikely that anybody else’s 'minimal instructions' would exactly match your desire for a personalised install so would be of limited use maybe ?
Just get stuck in and try. That's how you learn.

Re: How to install and configure LxQt and Kwin?

Reply #8 –
Thank you very much for your detailed answer.

I did exactly as you wrote)) Okay, I will continue my research, I think it will help me.