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[–] Peter1986C 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Arch (and derivative) systems can install it through the AUR, but I do not know any distribution that offers it through their normal distribution channels (packages sources) already.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Of course nixpkgs has it. It was added a few years ago, I can't vouch for if it is up to date or still working.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Arch (and derivative) systems can install it through the AUR

Once installed, does it run as an application? I'm using Aurora, but it has DistroBox, and I'm almost certain that I'm able to get Arch programs installed through it.

[–] RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

AFAIK it’s a desktop environment so using it via distrobox wouldn’t work, it has to be installed on a system level

[–] Peter1986C 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is a DE, like regular KDE, GNOME etc. At your OS's login shell, you should be able to select it once installed. If it is the only desktop environment on that system, it will not even be needed to get selected as the appropriate session gets started when you login.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

That's cool! That would work for me!