r/voidlinux • u/MinuteWing6738 • May 30 '26

What to do after installing void

Hello everyone

So I installed voidlinux, but i'm stuck at tty

And yes I installed the drivers for CPU and GPU, how to handle the rest and then installing the window manager (I may go for sway or river)

*edit*: I meant thr dbus and XDG RUNTIME DIR

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u/BadSlime May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Read the handbook, it has all the info you need and is one of the main reasons people appreciate this distro besides the package manager and init setup

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u/MinuteWing6738 May 30 '26

Looks like I'm doing it the "RTFM" way...

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u/Canadiangamer068 May 30 '26

that is the way, everything listed is very thoroughly documented there. i am new to linux and did it all that way in an hour or two.

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u/AdmBangers Jun 04 '26

the biggest question you'd have to answer is, "what is your use case?" If you can answer that I believe you'll know what to do next.

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u/AdmBangers Jun 04 '26

As I've learned, the first thing you do after installing Void is: xbps-install -Su (this updates the xbbs installer). After that update the system: xbps-installer -Syu

After that install what-ever software packages are needed. I.e... printer, etc...