Comments on: How to Install Void Linux: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

By: Bjørn H.

Bjørn H. — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 17:13:30 +0000

The installation process is horrible. This is the way I would install Linux 25 years ago. Now in 2025, every installer I have tried ask me the same question with the same 3 alternatives:
How do you want to install?
1. Delete and use the whole disk
2. Install alongside existing OS installations
3. Advanced

Advanced will take me to a graphical partition editor where I can do what I do in Void, but quite a bit more friendly. I’m afraid even in 2025, almost 2 years after this article was updated, Void Linux installation is still quite intimidating to non computer savvy people.

Also, when I change the keyboard layout on the live disk, it’s never applied. Whatever I do I’m stuck with the US layout.

By: Kenneth Dotson

Kenneth Dotson — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:03:51 +0000

In reply to jaffa cake. Except, no.

By: jaffa cake

jaffa cake — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:35:23 +0000

Sp, basically a Slackware lookalike?

By: gweido green

gweido green — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:37:02 +0000

wireless not working need to install
broadcom drivers
how do i go about that

By: welon

welon — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:26:05 +0000

boot partition 1M not 1G !!!! and leave empty

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 18:23:58 +0000

Note that you need to have mesa-dri package installed, in order for GNOME to work after starting up.

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:12:20 +0000

https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/qcwc3d/my_regular_user_was_not_created_during/
I too encountered the problem with default user not being preserved after rebooting. Someone suggested using chroot before rebooting, but I haven’t figured out that part yet.

By: Theo

Theo — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:51:27 +0000

Hi Bobby. My good old MXLinux21 is getting bloated and slower. Tried Void and it is eye-blinking fast, virtually instant. Awesome. But, things like ‘USB with persistance’, and also Void Installing are nightmares for newbies. I’m running Void KDE live (USB 1) and want to actually install it on a second 64Gb (USB 2) stick. Not sure how to manage this correctly? Tips please? Hope Void learns from MXLinux etc and gets a good Installer GUI very soon, so more people will use Void…the future of great Linux distros! – – – – – before the big boys catch up! Send me an email with details if you wish, in case it is a big explanation. Thanks.

By: Linows

Linows — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:58:28 +0000

Thx 4 this great guide 🙂 to connect to wifi after installation can be helpful too 😉

By: GregoryDel

GregoryDel — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:29:59 +0000

In reply to Sony.

Bonjour Sony,
Le site est anglophone, une question en Français appelera moins de réponses…

Pour installer d’autres DE, il faut utiliser le gestionnaire de paquets : xbps. J’ai noté que Xfce est présent, Mate aussi. Il y a également lxqt (minimaliste, léger). Soit tu as déjà un système sous Void, et dans ce cas:
xbps-install -Su xfce
(ou “mate”, ou “lxqt”).
Soit tu n’as pas encore de système sous Void, ou peux en réinstaller un, et alors en partant de l’image live avec Xfce, et en installant “local” plutôt que “network” au moment du choix des paquets, ça installe un bureau Xfce fonctionnel (à part le son, chez moi).
Le manuel Void détaille l’installation d’autres DE plus lourds (KDE, Gnome) mais il suffit de remplacer par le paquet de ton choix : soit avec le méta-paquet, soit en choisissant les paquets plus finement.

Pour ce qui est de changer de DE, évidemment c’est possible : ça se fera dans le gestionnaire de session, au début, dans l’écran de login.
J’ai installé sddm avec KDE, ça fonctionne, mais c’était déjà le cas avec le gestionnaire par défaut (lxdm il me semble).
Bon courage !