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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 
-  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** 
-  ​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 currently ​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'''​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>​
  
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