====== EDE on OpenBSD ======

''EDE'' was ported to ''%%OpenBSD%%'' and packages are available for various architectures. You can either install ''EDE'' from these packages, build it from the ports or compile and install it manually.

===== Using pre-build packages =====

Being part of the ''%%OpenBSD%%'' distribution, you do not need any external package source for ''EDE''. It can be found on any official mirror.

==== Distribution version ====

Packages are available since version **5.4**.

==== Architectures ====

''%%OpenBSD%%'' has packages for the **i386**, **amd64**, **hppa**, **mips64**, **powerpc** and **sparc64** architectures as of version 5.4.

==== Installing EDE ====

  - Check that the PKG_PATH variable is set to your favorite ''%%OpenBSD%%'' mirror
  - Use pkg_add to install the main ''EDE'' package (this draws in all the dependencies)

=== Example ===

  echo $PKG_PATH
  pkg_add ede

===== Building from ports =====

Building your own packages from ports is actually as simple as changing to the directory of the ''EDE'' port and issue the //make// command. This will build and install any dependencies missing on your system, too.

==== Dependencies ====

You may want to take a look at the dependencies first and think about various [[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PortsFlavors|flavors]]!
:!:  E.g. the //doxygen// package draws in the heavy //Qt// toolkit by default which may not be desirable on a light-weight system. For that reason there's the "no-gui" flavor of it.

=== Example ===

  cd /usr/ports/x11/ede
  make install

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

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

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

You can either use a graphical login manager or start it using ''startx''. In the later case edit the //.xinitrc// file in your user's home directory so that it just launches ''EDE''. The line for that is the following:

  exec startede

===== Special characteristics of EDE of OpenBSD =====

''EDE'' as packaged by ''%%OpenBSD%%'' seems not to use the modified ''PekWM'' that comes with ''EDE'' but the mainline one. Thus the default configuration is not like that of ''EDE'' on other systems.