====== EDE on ArchBSD ======

Being a [[http://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] distribution using the package management known from Arch Linux, the installation is quite similar to the later.

===== Using pre-built packages =====

:!: **Note:** All packages in the ''EDE'' repository are currently //unsigned//!\\ 
:!: **Note 2:** ''FLTK'' is not yet available from %%ArchBSD's%% repositories. For that reason the ''EDE'' project provides a ''FLTK'' package as well.

==== Architectures ====

:!: **Note:** [[http://archbsd.net/|ArchBSD]] has been a **x86_64 only** distribution until just recently. While a i686 release exists, it is considered experimental and does not even feature a packaged X11 system yet. For that reason it doesn't make sense to package ''EDE'' for that platform, too.

==== Packages available ====

''EDE'' for %%ArchBSD%% comes split into seven packages:

  * **fltk** - The toolkit ''EDE'' depends on
  * **edelib** - ''EDE'''s support library which implements functions not provided by ''FLTK''
  * **ede-common** - Platform independent data for ''EDE'' (e.g. icons)
  * **ede-wm** - ''EDE'''s window manager (a slightly modified PekWM)
  * **ede-bin** - ''EDE'' binaries
  * **ede-doc** - __Optional__ documentation package
  * **ede-wallpapers** - __Optional__ wallpaper package

==== Installing EDE ====

Installing EDE can be done in 4 simple steps:
  - Open your pacman configuration file (///etc/pacman.conf//) with your favorite editor (and root privileges!)
  - Add the following lines to it (you can just leave the //$arch// variable as it is; your system knows it): <code>
  [ede]
  SigLevel = Optional
  Server = http://ede.elderlinux.org/repos/archbsd/$arch
</code>
  - Update pacman database files by invoking: **pacman -Syy**
  - Simply install any package or the entire ''EDE'' group like any other package. E.g.: **pacman -S ede**

==== Trouble shooting ====

If you're experiencing difficulties in installing from the repository, it might help tp add the lines mentioned above at the beginning of the file //pacman.conf// instead of appending them at the end.

===== Building / installing from source ======

The //PKGBUILD// files will be made available in the AUR at some time in the future.

Until then you can of course follow the generic building procedure, too: InstallingFromSource.

===== Starting EDE =====

You can either use a graphical login manager to bring up ''EDE'' or simply use ''Xorg'''s //startx// command.

:!: **Make sure you have installed the package //xorg-xinit// in the later case. It is not part of //xorg-server// on ''Arch Linux''!**

If you want to use //startx//, just create a new file **.xinitrc** with the content //exec startede// in your home directory. You can do so with the following command:

<code>
cd ~ && echo "exec startede" > .xinitrc
</code>