Install Gnome on Artix Linux

Prerequisite

You have root privileges on your system
You have read through Arch Linux's Gnome page

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Gnome Desktop Environment (GDE)

Gnome is a popular choice as a Desktop Environment

Install Gnome

Install packages

 $ sudo pacman -Syu xorg xorg-xinit gnome

Hitting [Enter] (default choice) for each question until the installation begins

configure ~/.xinitrc

 $ nvim ~/.xinitrc

~/.xinitrc
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exec  gnome-session

A reboot is nessisary

 $ sudo reboot now

Launch Gnome

 $ startx

Launch automatically at startup

 $ nvim ~/.bash_profile

~/.bash_profile
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if [[ -z $DISPLAY && $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]]; then
  XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 GDK_BACKEND=x11 exec startx
fi

Gnome {Site}

Prerequisite

Gnome Desktop Environment (GDE)

Install Gnome