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id: plugin-infrastructure/a-plugin-cannot-run-host-setup
title: "A plugin cannot run host setup"
theme: plugin-infrastructure
status: open
created: 2026-08-20
date_source: assumed
order: 2
---

**A plugin cannot run host setup.** `osDependencies` installs packages; it cannot reconfigure a
display manager, and `plugins/desktop/setup/setup-desktop.sh` forces Xorg, enables auto-login and
needs a reboot. Left manual. The owner recalls a mechanism for this existing months ago and being
removed — **look in git history before designing a new one**, it reportedly worked and made the
install page considerably better than it is now.