# How can i install gnome minimally?

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**Category:** Gnome\
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210 "2022-04-19T07:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajucodz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ajucodz/32/49648_2.png) [@ajucodz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ajucodz)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210/1 "2022-04-19T07:05:57Z")

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I’ve currently install bspwm and xfce in eos.  
I want to install gnome alongside them.  
when i ran pacman -S gnome it shows a group of dependencies. it also contains the dependencies that i don’t want.  
So what are the essential dependencies on the group?  
I want a minimal gnome experience.

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**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210/2 "2022-04-19T07:10:29Z")

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Welcome to the forum.

Please read: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME#Installation](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME#Installation)

Keep in mind that GNOME is a very ~~blo&nbsp;~~ big DE, so it will necessarily have a lot of dependencies. You cannot arbitrarily choose not to install dependencies.

> [@ajucodz](#):
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> I want a minimal gnome experience.

Yeah, `minimal` and `gnome` are somewhat mutually exclusive concepts. 🤣

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**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210/3 "2022-04-19T10:51:25Z")

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The EndeavourOS packages selection is way more minimal than the package groups from arch..  
We have a tool to install the same set of packages as we do on ISO:

## **eos-packagelist**

usage:  
eos-packagelist --help  
eos-packagelist --list  
eos-packagelist profile Gnome-Desktop --install

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Endeavour](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HMS\_Endeavour](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/HMS_Endeavour)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210/4 "2022-04-19T14:34:02Z")

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Welcome to the forum @ajucodz - enjoy :enos:

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**Author:** ![ajucodz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ajucodz/32/49648_2.png) [@ajucodz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ajucodz)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/how-can-i-install-gnome-minimally/26210/5 "2022-04-19T14:56:34Z")

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Yeah I am loving this!!