Re: GNOME Desktop

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 03:38:15PM +0200, Dexter Morgan wrote:
>    Hi,
> 
>    How can I use GNOME Core Applications
>    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Core_Applications) that are
>    missing in Guix System? I am quite frusturated and disappointed with
>    the GNOME Desktop in Guix. I can't even use a music player or a
>    calendar. I thought I do not have deal with additional applications if
>    I use a Desktop Environment, but it seems GNOME Desktop in Guix is
>    incomplete. :(. Are there any tricks to enable and use these missing
>    applications please?
> 
>    Thanks.

You can type in the terminal:

guix install gnome-calendar

This should become part of guix’ gnome package.  That it is missing is
a bug.

Some core applications have not been packaged yet, but alternatives
have been packaged already, e.g. when entering

guix search photos | less

you can see that shotwell is packaged, even though gnome-photos is
not.

Regards,
Florian