Some desktop environments require a service, which would be added to the services fiild of your operating-system. They can't work otherwise. Most window managers (in my case, openbox), do not require a service type so you can simply add the package to the packages field of your operating system declaration.
I'm pretty sure cinnamon and kde are full-fledge desktop environments though, so if no service is documented, it means that you won't be able to start a session with them (yet). You can try "guix show xfce" to list properties of that package, including dependencies (inputs). Le 12 mai 2023 07:48:12 GMT+02:00, Gottfried <[email protected]> a écrit : >Hi, > >1. >In the manual 12.9.9 there are several desktop services mentioned > >But cinnamon-desktop and kde plasma-desktop is not mentioned, >even though you can download the cinnamon and plasma-desktop packages. > >Are the mentioned desktop services like Gnome, XFCE, MATE only examples >and cinnamon and plasma are not mentioned? >or is the cinnamon and plasma desktop not available/working yet, >even though the packages can be downloaded? > >2. >You can download the desktop environment "XFCE 4.18.2" >Additionally there are many other XFCE packages available for download. > >Are those additional packages completely separate packages >which I can additionally install? >or are some of them included in the main "xfce 4.18.2" package? > >How can I know which packages are included in the main xfce 4.18.2 package? >Which command tells me that? >in order not to install something twice? > >Or is it no problem to install something twice, Guix will tell me that >and handle it. > >Kind regards > >Gottfried >
