Minimal PIXEL Install

Overview

Sometimes you want a stripped down desktop for things like HTPCs and such. This article shows you how to install the PIXEL desktop on Raspbian Lite.

Prep

apt update
apt upgrade
raspi-config

Change the default password!

Steps

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends xinit
sudo apt install raspberrypi-ui-mods rpi-chromium-mods
sudo reboot

Yup! That was it.