Setup Station

Setup Station does the initial setup of GhostBSD. The goal is to evolve Setup Station to slowly replace MATE Configuration Tool and Station Tweak, providing a unified configuration experience.

Overview

Setup Station is a GTK3-based Python application that runs automatically after GhostBSD installation to guide users through essential system configuration:

• System language and locale
• Keyboard layout and variant
• Timezone
• Network settings (WiFi/Ethernet)
• Admin user account creation

After completing the setup, the system automatically starts the LightDM login screen.

Installation

python setup.py install

Running Setup Station

sudo setup-station-init

Managing Translations

Setup Station uses GNU gettext for internationalization.

Creating a new translation

./setup.py create_translation --locale=<language_code>

Example for French (France):

./setup.py create_translation --locale=fr_FR

Updating existing translations

After modifying source code with new or changed translatable strings:

./setup.py update_translations

Building translations

./setup.py build_i18n

Contributing

Interested in contributing to Setup Station or other GhostBSD tools?

• Join our Telegram channel: https://t.me/ghostbsd_dev
• Discuss on GitHub: https://github.com/orgs/ghostbsd/discussions/categories/tools-and-softwares

License

BSD 3-Clause License

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/GhostBSD/setup-station/
• GhostBSD: https://www.ghostbsd.org/