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- | ====== EDE on Arch Linux ====== | ||
- | When installing ''EDE'' on an [[https://www.archlinux.org/|Arch Linux]] machine you can choose between using a custom repository provided by ''EDE'' or building the packages yourself. Using the former method, Arch's package manager ([[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman|pacman]]) can take care of updating ''EDE'' if a new version is released on the ''EDE'' repository. | ||
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- | ===== Installing pre-built packages ===== | ||
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- | **Note: All packages in the ''EDE'' repository are currently //unsigned//!** | ||
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- | Installing EDE can be done in 4 simple steps: | ||
- | - Open your pacman configuration file (///etc/pacman.conf//) with your favorite editor | ||
- | - Add the following lines to it (you can just leave the //$arch// variable as it is; your system knows it): <code> | ||
- | [ede] | ||
- | SigLevel = Never | ||
- | Server = http://www.equinox-project.org/repos/arch/$arch | ||
- | </code> | ||
- | - Update pacman database files by invoking: **pacman -Syy** | ||
- | - Simply install ''EDE'' like any other package. E.g.: **pacman -S ede** | ||
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- | ==== Packages available ==== | ||
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- | ''EDE'' for Arch is currently split into four packages: | ||
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- | * **edelib** - ''EDE'''s support library which implements functions not provided by ''FLTK'' | ||
- | * **ede-common** - Platform independent data for ''EDE'' (e.g. icons) | ||
- | * **ede** - ''EDE'' and ''PekWM'' binaries | ||
- | * **ede-wallpapers** - __Optional__ wallpaper package | ||
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- | ==== Trouble shooting ==== | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | ===== Building / installing from source ====== | ||
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- | For Arch Linux there are two //PKGBUILD// files available in the [[https://aur.archlinux.org/|AUR]]: **edelib** and **ede**. You can download those and use the [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS|Arch Build System]] to create packages yourself (this will currently create only two packages instead of four as in our repository). | ||
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- | Alternatively you can of course follow the generic building procedure, too: InstallingFromSource. | ||
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- | ===== Starting EDE ===== | ||
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- | You can either use a graphical login manager to bring up ''EDE'' or simply use ''Xorg'''s //startx// command. | ||
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- | :!: **Make sure you have installed the package //xorg-xinit// in the later case. It is not part of //xorg-server// on ''Arch Linux''!** | ||
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- | 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: | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | cd ~ && echo "exec startede" > .xinitrc | ||
- | </code> |