fedora.md

Install guide for a minimal Fedora 26 desktop with i3

These are my notes for setting up a Fedora 26 installation but with a smaller set of packages. It's mainly for my own use but it's out there in case anyone else needs it. It's a fork of https://github.com/benmat/fedora-install but with my own specific modifications.

Installing the base system

Download Fedora Server Netinstall ISO and transfer it onto onto a USB-disk.

In the installer under Software Selection, select Minimal Install.

To use sudo instead of root: once the install starts choose the User Creation dialog (with Make this user administrator checked), don't use the Root Password dialog.

Graphical environment and necessary tooling

Run these commands to install X, i3 and a terminal.

$ sudo dnf install @base-x i3 i3lock xbindkeys rxvt-unicode bash-completion
$ sudo dnf copr enable vgromov/better_fonts
$ sudo dnf install fontconfig fonts-tweak-tool fira-code-fonts bitstream-vera-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-mono-fonts dejavu-serif-fonts fontawesome4-fonts gdouros-symbola-fonts google-droid-sans-fonts google-droid-sans-mono-fonts google-noto-emoji-color-fonts levien-inconsolata-fonts liberation-fonts liberation-fonts-common liberation-mono-fonts liberation-sans-fonts liberation-serif-fonts libfonts terminus-fonts
$ sudo dnf install greybird-dark-theme greybird-light-theme adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-cursor-theme adwaita-icon-theme
$ sudo dnf install lxappearance pulseaudio-utils mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio xclip
$ sudo dnf install NetworkManager-wifi NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-applet
$ sudo dnf install vim vim-X11 git tig mercurial hgview make automake gcc g++ gdb hub patch perf sqlite strace tree whois ShellCheck cronie bison rclone awscli bat v4l-utils bolt
$ sudo dnf install ansible podman buildah htop dmidecode clipit gnome-keyring krb5-workstation tar zip unzip p7zip bzip2 cups pcp-system-tools jq lshw weechat bc rsync mc simple-mtpfs pciutils autofs net-tools rdate usbutils ntfs-3g httpie at bind-utils calibre keepassxc lsof openssl redshift blueman xset
$ sudo dnf install firefox libreoffice evince
$ sudo dnf install virt-manager bridge-utils libvirt virt-install qemu-kvm
$ sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
$ sudo dnf install ImageMagick ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 mozilla-openh264 geeqie gimp youtube-dl wireshark nmap mtr unrar mplayer pavucontrol inkscape blender darktable audacity obs-studio cmus gimp
$ sudo dnf install lm_sensors smartmontools google-chrome-stable sysstat stress code fzf gh timew rigrep nodejs
$ sudo dnf copr enable hyperreal/better_fonts
$ sudo dnf install archivo-black-fonts catharsis-cormorant-garamond-fonts courier-prime-fonts eosrei-emojione-fonts twemoji-color-font twitter-twemoji-fonts fontconfig-font-replacements impallari-libre-baskerville-fonts ubuntu-fonts

Installing fonts

Follow the steps from https://github.com/soltysh/fedora-better-fonts/blob/master/build_instructions.md to build packages and then install the results.

Installing simple-mtpfs

Build and install https://github.com/phatina/simple-mtpfs.

Setting up environment

$ git clone https://github.com/soltysh/dotfiles ~/workspace/oth/dotfiles
$ ./config.sh

Setting up xorg to run as a systemd user service after login

Setup xorg as a user service following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User#Xorg_and_systemd:

$ cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
allowed_users=anybody
needs_root_rights=yes

and updating:

$ cat /etc/systemd/user.conf|grep DefaultEnvironment
DefaultEnvironment=DISPLAY=:0

Now you're ready to lunch i3 as a user service:

$ systemctl --user enable i3.service
$ systemctl --user enable checkbattery.timer

Brother printing

You need to allow cups to execmem, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258238#c1:

setsebool -P cups_execmem 1