Ansible Role: customize-gnome

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This role customizes the GNOME desktop. It installs fonts and GNOME extensions from packages or zip files, copies files like desktop backgrounds and GNOME shell tweaks to a host, and modifies user settings. Settings can be supplied in dconf or GSettings format.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

All variables specific for this role start with gnome_. Available variables are listed below:

gnome_user: The user whose settings will be modified. Example:

gnome_user: root

gnome_packages: A list of packages that will be installed. Example:

gnome_packages:
  - fonts-roboto

gnome_fonts: A list of fonts that will be downloaded from a remote source, unzipped and installed into the local fonts directory. Each list item consists of an url, name, and (glob) list of fonts in that zip file to install (fonts). Example:

gnome_fonts:
  - url: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/archive/2.030R-ro/1.050R-it.zip
    name: SourceCodePro
    fonts: "source-code-pro-2.030R-ro-1.050R-it/OTF/*.otf"

gnome_files: A list of files, specifying the source (src) and destination (dest) that will be copied from the host to the guest. Example:

gnome_files:
  - src: gtk.css
    dest: /home/{{ gnome_user }}/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

gnome_extensions: A list of GNOME shell extensions that will be downloaded from a remote source and unzipped to the users' local extensions directory. Each list item consists of an url and name. Example:

gnome_extensions:
  - url: "https://extensions.gnome.org/download-extension/hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca.shell-extension.zip?version_tag=6450"
    name: "hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca"

The properties url and/or name of each item can also be loaded dynamically from the web when id is present. Predefined name and/or url will not be overridden! Here is an example that loads the same extension as the example above.

gnome_extensions:
  - id: 545

gnome_gsettings: A list of gsettings entries that will be set for the gnome_user, using gsettings. Each list item consists of a schema, key and value entry. Note that values should be contained within single quotes AND double quotes, due to Ansible's quoting settings for shell commands. Example:

gnome_gsettings:
  - schema: org.gnome.desktop.interface
    key: monospace-font-name
    value: '"Source Code Pro Medium 16"'

gnome_dconf: A list of dconf entries that will be set for the gnome_user, using dconf. Each list item consists of a key and value entry. Example:

gnome_dconf:
  - key: /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons
    value: "false"

gtk_version: The version string of GTK. This is used to create a GTK configuration directory, if it doesn't exist already. Example:

gtk_version: "gtk-3.0"

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  roles:
    - role: PeterMosmans.customize-gnome
  vars:
    gnome_user: root
    gnome_packages:
      - fonts-roboto
    gnome_fonts:
      - url: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/archive/2.030R-ro/1.050R-it.zip
        name: SourceCodePro
        fonts: "source-code-pro-2.030R-ro-1.050R-it/OTF/*.otf"
    gnome_files:
      - src: gtk.css
        dest: /home/{{ gnome_user }}/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
    gnome_extensions:
      - url: https://extensions.gnome.org/download-extension/hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca.shell-extension.zip?version_tag=6450
        name: hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca
      - id: 15
      - id: 1160
        url: https://example.com/gnome-extension/1160.zip
      - id: 1236
        name: CustomNamedExtension
      - id: 1267
        url: https://example.com/gnome-extension/1267.zip
        name: CustomNamedExtension2
    gnome_gsettings:
      - schema: org.gnome.desktop.interface
        key: monospace-font-name
        value: '"Source Code Pro Medium 16"'
    gnome_dconf:
      - key: /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons
        value: "false"

This example will install the global fonts Roboto, Source Code Pro, the GNOME shell extension hidetopbar, and modifies several settings for the user root.

License

GPLv3

Author Information

Created by Peter Mosmans.