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HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (With new script, video and image)Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:44 am What is GNOME? This screenshot is from Raspberry Pi 4B with additional themes installed Before now, GNOME has been unusable. However, thanks to updates and Releases in the Raspberry Pi world, it is now possible to install GNOME onto Raspberry Pi OS.This guide is going to show you how. WARNING: Backup your system or use a completely different setup MicroSD cards with 8GB or more is recommended, as GNOME can take up lots of space, and that's forgetting apps and files you may want to use. You'll also need an Ethernet connection for the internet at first. Let's get started. If you prefer a video tutorial, head here: https://youtu.be/JTwh7ndiNU0 Step 1: Setup Flash your Pi with Raspberry Pi OS lite (either with Raspberry Pi imager, or a tool of your choice) then insert it into your Pi. We need to use Raspbian lite for this to work smoothly. Connect other peripherals (keyboard, mouse, etc) and boot up. Login when prompted(username: pi, password: raspberry), then type in the shell prompt: Code: Select all from there, you want to change the password (option 1), then change the openGL driver (advanced options -> openGL driver (it may want to install soem packages. When prompted to continue, press return) -> fake KMS), then exit.It will ask to reboot. Don't reboot! Not yet. We've got the next stage. Step 2: Install Now here, you have a choice. There are two methods: we can either do it manually, or through GNOME for Pi. What is GNOME for Pi? Gnome for Pi is a script I built to make installing GNOME much easier. To use GNOME for Pi, type in the following: Code: Select all And leave it to do it's thing.The "Hard" Way To install gnome, type: Code: Select all When prompted, press return on your keyboard. This will install all the packages. Grab a drink! This will take a while.Step 3: Configure After the install, reboot. After booting, you may get a significant difference: You've got a login screen. From here, select user pi. now, you may be tempted to type in your password. Don't quite yet. Instead, click the cog wheel near the underneath where you type your password. From here, click "GNOME on xorg". Now you are safe to type your password and login. Screenshot from 2020-06-15 07-10-39.png (71.96 KiB) Viewed 69150 times You should now come to the desktop. You may be wondering where your apps are. Click "activities" at the top left of the screen. From here, type "tweaks". Several applications may appear. You want to click on "tweaks".Animations worked fine for me, however you can turn them off in GNOME Tweaks. Next, you want to got into extensions, and enable "user shell themes" or something close to that. Note: Not required for GNOME for Pi Close tweaks, and go into the terminal. From here, type: Code: Select all This will restart the Pi. Login again, and you'll find you can connect to wi-fi networks.Note: This is unnecessary if you used GNOME for Pi Now, let's change some of the permission settings, so then we no longer require to change root's password: Code: Select all then remove all the text and replace with:Code: Select all Note: This is not required for GNOME for PiGive it a reboot, and everything should be working. One last thing. If you want to be able to add, remove, and enable extensions from chromium, then install using apt: Code: Select all then install the gnome shell chrome extension for chromium.Your done! You now have GNOME desktop on your Pi, running fairly well. But what If I don't want to do all this? Well you are in luck! You can download a pre-built image here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing You can then simply flash the image like you would with a standard image of Raspberry Pi OS Please change the session to "GNOME on Xorg" when you first login (by clicking the cog wheel before entering your password) Thanks to: Sirozha Ghostraider kerry_s itsmedoofer And a special thanks to Moderators here, who have pinned this to the Raspberry Pi OS section. This is my first ever guide, so if you have any criticism, I'll try to accept it graciously. GNOME for Pi source code is here: https://github.com/TerraGitHuB/gnomeforpi and here: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=277678 Thank you! Giga_pi Last edited by Giga_Pi on Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:37 pm, edited 24 times in total. GNOME for Pi itsmedooferPosts: 606Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:43 amLocation: Canterbury, Kent, UK Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (version:1.2)Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:45 pm Hi, Code: Select all
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Code: Select all Delete the existing text and replace with:-Code: Select all I had a mess about with themes trying to get something that looked like the first photo, getting them installed is not as easy as you would think, it would appear that the tools for automatically installing them are not available for ARM... Some shell bashing required.. Also if the OP knows the name of the theme shown, that would nice to list in the guide.Speed wise, even running from an SSD it was a bit laggy, I use Cinnamon as my daily driver on my Pi4 4Gb and even with it blinged up with effects and desk-applets it was still noticeably quicker than GNOME. I didn't try audio, however if it's using Pulse then there could well be issues, look at some of the other threads for the fixes.. Laters, Giga_PiPosts: 243Joined: Mon May 20, 2019 9:48 am Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (version:1.2)Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:02 pm Thank you for your contribution! The theming is from ubuntu. This is just a screenshot from a normal PC. I've added a link to the package. Audio out of audio jack is mono, but I found bluetooth audio was prestine. A nice theme I like is this: https://github.com/vinceliuice/ChromeOS-theme with this icon theme: https://github.com/vinceliuice/Tela-icon-theme Is it alright if I add the code above to my original post? Thanks! Giga_Pi Last edited by Giga_Pi on Mon May 24, 2021 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total. GNOME for Pi itsmedooferPosts: 606Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:43 amLocation: Canterbury, Kent, UK Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (version:1.2)Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:14 pm Hi, No worries !! Ahh cool, made a note for future reference. You may be able to fix mono audio with the following, I've not tried it with GNOME but it works with Cinnamon... Code: Select all 5and comment out (insert the semicolon in front of) the following lines:Code: Select all 6Distorted audio may be fixed with:-Code: Select all 7Change this:Code: Select all 8to thisCode: Select all 9I'll have a play with those themes and icons later, thanks...Of course, feels free to do whatever you want, these are only snippets I have found elsewhere on the board, I cant claim any credit ! Giga_PiPosts: 243Joined: Mon May 20, 2019 9:48 am Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (version:1.2)Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:20 pm I've added the code to change the permissions. Thanks! I might test that code to see whether I can get audio up and running for the audio jack. @itsmedoofer Thanks for your hep in making this guide better. GNOME for Pi Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (With new script)Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:38 am here's what i put in /boot & just run after log in " cd /boot; ./gnome.sh " Code: Select all 5Giga_PiPosts: 243Joined: Mon May 20, 2019 9:48 am Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (With new script)Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:29 am Ah, nice. Is it all right if I add some of this code to my script? GNOME for Pi visnautPosts: 1Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:33 pm Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (With new script)Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:46 pm First off, thank you for this thread and all of the tips & suggestions. I decided to go with the tasksel route to install GNOME, and then used the subsequent steps outlined above to get everything working well.
Giga_PiPosts: 243Joined: Mon May 20, 2019 9:48 am Re: HOWTO: Install the GNOME Desktop Enviroment on Raspberry Pi OS lite (With new script)Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:48 am I'm glad you liked it! Yes, I recommend Xorg as well. FYI I've been able to get google meet to recognise the Pi camera and use it successfully. I've not really tried Zoom or others, but it should work. GNOME for Pi |