Install E17 from CVS

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Introduction

  • The Enlightenment-0.17 or DR17 project is still experimental and in the pre-Alpha stages of development.
  • I DO NOT recommend using E17 as your primary window manager! Although it is rather stable and a wonderful step foreward in both beauty and functionality, it is by no means ready for a formal release.
  • There are snapshots of the E17 however. If you would prefer a version with more stability, I would suggest following the E17 Arch Wiki provided by the user Kakalto.

Requirements/Preparation

  • Before you can install E17, you must have 'libpng' and 'libxcursor'. They can be obtained using:
# pacman -S libpng libxcursor
  • Now that those two packages are installed, you are now ready to prepare your system for E17-CVS.
  • The first step to preparing for the E17 through CVS is setting the repository by editing your /etc/pacman.conf file with the use of your favorite text editor (nano, vim, emacs...). You must be ROOT to edit this file!
# nano /etc/pacman.conf
  • Then add the following lines after your current list of repositories
#[e17-cvs repo]
[takhis]
Server = ftp://takhis.net/arch/i686
#[e17-cvs repo for 64bit]
[takhis]
 Server = ftp://takhis.net/arch/x86_64
  • Once this has been added update your repositories with the following command
# pacman -Syu

Installation

  • Now that the system is ready for E17, it can be installed with the following command:
# pacman -S e17-cvs

Starting E17 (manually)

Setup X for starting E17

  • Edit your .xinitrc . If the file does not exist, it will be created with the following command.
$ nano ~/.xinitrc
  • If there are current lines comment them out with # and append this line to your file to start enlightenment:
exec enlightenment_start
  • Save the file and go back to your prompt.

Starting X Windows with E17

  • Run X windows
startx
  • You should now be staring at a beautiful window manager.
  • Enjoy yourself and consider yourself enlightened!

Themes, Backgrounds, and Information

  • For instructions on theme, background, and other beauties can be obtained from get-e.org and Kakalto's E17 Wiki
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