GNU bug report logs - #36008
[whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>

Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 16:23:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pronaip <pronaip <at> protonmail.com>
To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
Cc: "36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator
 with i3-wm?
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 11:45:26 +0000

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:22 PM, Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
> manager I got an error like:
>
> i3-sensible-terminal error...
>
> because there is no terminal emulator installed by default
>
> The workaround is trivial for users but what about to add a terminal
> emulator to the installer generated list of installed packages?

Does Guix or the installer have a way of dealing with optional dependencies or package alternatives? That way the installer could ask the user to choose a package that provides a terminal.
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