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  1. To bring a WiFi interface up, run the following :

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$ ifconfig wlan0 up 

To discover your wireless network interface name, see Network Interfaces.

  1. Install the wpa_supplicant package:

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$ apt-get install wpasupplicant 

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  1. Install the Weston package.

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    $ sudo apt install weston
  2. Make a directory for the output of the Weston GUISet the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR env param.

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    $ mkdircat << 'EOF' > /youretc/directory/location
  3. Give permissions to this directory.

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     $ chmod 0700 /your/directory/location
  4. Set the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR env param to your directory.

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    $ su -c 'echo XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/your/directory/location >> /etc/environment'
  5. Run Weston.

    Code Block
    $ weston
    profile.d/weston.sh
    if test -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"; then
        export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/`id -u`
        if ! test -d "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
            # Make a directory for the output of the Weston GUI
            mkdir --parents "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
            chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
        fi
    fi
    EOF
  6. Restart the system

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    reboot
  7. Start Weston (must be run from the Dissplay Terminal)

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    weston

Run the weston command from the Dissplay Terminal using keyboard (PHYSICAL TERMINAL not serial session or remote connection)

For working with GNOME GUI on top of Xorg:

  1. Install Xorg.

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    $ sudo apt install xorg
  2. Install your desired gnome.

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    $ sudo apt install gnome-session

    NOTE: ‘gnome-session’ is an example of gnome that we can work with, you can replace the ‘session' with another GNOME extention.

  3. Start your GNOME GUI.

    Code Block
    $ sudo systemctl start gdm
    • For logging in you need a user on your device to log into it. You can create one before step 3 by this command (replace the ‘username’ with name that you want) :

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    $ sudo adduser username
    • You can jump between GUIs that you install (like gnome-session) by the setting button that locates in the down right corner of the home screen.