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| - | = Installing EDE on Arch Linux = | + | ====== Installing EDE on Arch Linux ====== |
| When installing EDE on an Arch Linux machine you can choose between using a custom repository provided by EDE or building the packages yourself. Using the former method, pacman will take care of updating EDE if a new version is released on the EDE repository. | When installing EDE on an Arch Linux machine you can choose between using a custom repository provided by EDE or building the packages yourself. Using the former method, pacman will take care of updating EDE if a new version is released on the EDE repository. | ||
| - | == Installing pre-built packages == | + | ===== Installing pre-built packages ===== |
| - | '''Note: All packages in the EDE repository are currently ''unsigned''!''' | + | **Note: All packages in the EDE repository are currently //unsigned//!** |
| Installing EDE can be done in 4 simple steps: | Installing EDE can be done in 4 simple steps: | ||
| - | + | - Open your pacman configuration file (///etc/pacman.conf//) with your favorite editor<<BR>> | |
| - | 1) Open your pacman configuration file (''/etc/pacman.conf'') with your favorite editor<<BR>> | + | - Add the following lines to it (you can just leave the //$arch// variable as it is; your system knows it): <code> |
| - | 2) Add the following lines to it (you can just leave the ''$arch'' variable as it is; your system knows it): | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | {{{ | + | |
| [ede] | [ede] | ||
| SigLevel = Never | SigLevel = Never | ||
| Server = http://www.equinox-project.org/repos/arch/$arch | Server = http://www.equinox-project.org/repos/arch/$arch | ||
| - | }}} | + | </code> |
| - | + | - Update pacman database files by invoking: **pacman -Syy**<<BR>> | |
| - | 3) Update pacman database files by invoking: '''pacman -Syy'''<<BR>> | + | - Simply install EDE like any other package. E.g.: **pacman -S ede** |
| - | 4) Simply install EDE like any other package. E.g.: '''pacman -S ede''' | + | |
| - | === Available packages === | + | ===== Available packages ===== |
| EDE for Arch is split into four packages: | EDE for Arch is split into four packages: | ||
| - | * '''edelib''' - EDE's support library which implements functions not provided by FLTK | + | * **edelib** - EDE's support library which implements functions not provided by FLTK |
| - | * '''ede-common''' - Platform independent data for EDE (e.g. icons) | + | * **ede-common** - Platform independent data for EDE (e.g. icons) |
| - | * '''ede''' - EDE and PekWM binaries | + | * **ede** - EDE and PekWM binaries |
| - | * '''ede-wallpapers''' - __Optional__ wallpaper package | + | * **ede-wallpapers** - __Optional__ wallpaper package |
| - | === Trouble shooting === | + | ===== Trouble shooting ===== |
| - | If you're experiencing difficulties, it might help tp add the lines mentioned above at the beginning of the file ''pacman.conf'' instead of appending them at the end. | + | If you're experiencing difficulties, 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 == | + | ==== Building / installing from source ===== |
| - | 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 Arch Build System to create the packages. | + | 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 Arch Build System to create the packages. |
| Alternatively you can of course follow the generic building procedure, too: InstallingFromSource. | Alternatively you can of course follow the generic building procedure, too: InstallingFromSource. | ||
| - | == Starting EDE == | + | ===== 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 two commands: | + | 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 two commands: |
| - | {{{ | + | <code> |
| cd | cd | ||
| echo "exec startede" > .xinitrc | echo "exec startede" > .xinitrc | ||
| - | }}} | + | </code> |
