In this tutorial I will explain how to install Plasma 6.5.x into Alpine Linux 3.23 😄
Install Alpine#
Refer to this guide. Run setup-alpine and all the fish.
Configure your graphics card#
Refer to this guide. Notice you also have to install the xf86-video-* package.
Example for AMDGPU (Radeon RX 6700 XT) and KMS:
su -
apk add xf86-video-amdgpu mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium linux-firmware-amdgpu mkinitfs
echo amdgpu >> /etc/modules
echo fbcon >> /etc/modules
sed -i 's/features="\(.*\)"/features="\1 kms"/' /etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf
mkinitfs
rebootExample for Intel Graphics > Broadwell.
su -
apk add mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium mesa-vulkan-intel intel-media-driverInstall Plasma Desktop#
As this guide is not alright… I will explain better how to get it properly.
Edit your /etc/apk/repositories file and uncomment the community line.
doas apk add vim nano
export EDITOR=vim # or nano
doas $EDITOR /etc/apk/repositoriesThen run this:
su -
# Adding up locales and base packages like D-Bus.
apk add polkit-elogind polkit musl-locales lang pam-rundir dbus-openrc dbus dbus-x11 xf86-input-libinput
# Setting up Wayland...
setup-wayland-base
# Setting up the udevices
setup-devd udev
# Setting up the services
dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
rc-update add dbus boot
rc-update add polkit boot
setup-desktop # select plasma
rc-update add sddm boot
# you might reboot instead
rc-service dbus start
rc-service polkit start
rc-service sddm startAnd you’re off to go! A basic installation of Plasma on your Alpine Desktop.
Adding up more things…#
Bluetooth#
doas apk add bluez
doas rc-update add bluetooth
doas rc-service bluetooth startNetworkManager#
doas apk add networkmanager networkmanager-<your-needed-package>
doas rc-update add networkmanager boot
doas rc-service networkmanager startNotice#
I tried to do these instructions on two different devices and worked flawlessly. If you have noticed an error feel free to reach me out.