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Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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How do I install Enlightenment on Wheezy?
I just installed Debian on my Asus EeePC 100HD using netinst on a usb flash drive. During the install, I chose not to install the desktop environment because I really hate GNOME 3 and it's to resource-hungry for my little netbook. I am impressed with the Enlightenment window manager, though, but it isn't available in Wheezy's repositories. Where can I download this? I followed what this guy did here http://blog.admiralakber.com/?p=158, but it doesn't seem to work. I kept getting the "Something wicked happened when resolving..." message every time I tried to run sudo apt-get update.
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, Jessie, Sid/Experimental, playing with LFS.
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Please don't go mixing Stable (Wheezy) and Testing (Jessie) repositories. It will often end in tears or other unnecessary dramas. If you really want Enlightenment then simply upgrade your system to Jessie (Testing) and install E17.
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, Jessie, Sid/Experimental, playing with LFS.
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I just tried that link to debe17 and went through the process. It doesn't work, on my system anyway, and I noticed the page (and possibly the package) hasn't been updated since 27th February 2011 (when Squeeze was Stable and Wheezy was Testing).
Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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If E17 is still in "testing", couldn't I just get E16 from the "squeeze" repository? I assume it's pretty safe to use oldstable repositories. Are there really any major differences between E16 and E17 that I should be aware of?
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, Jessie, Sid/Experimental, playing with LFS.
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Squeeze and Wheezy are built using different libraries, it's the same issue with Wheezy and Jessie. Your best bet is to compile it yourself or to find a distribution based on Wheezy that has done all the hard work for you.
Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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I just went ahead and installed E16 from oldstable (squeeze) and it runs perfectly. I'm liking it a lot! Wouldn't it automatically install the correct dependencies, though, since it has access to the entire squeeze repository?
Distribution: Debian Wheezy, Jessie, Sid/Experimental, playing with LFS.
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No it wouldn't if the dependencies had a newer version in Wheezy. Some are backward compatible but mixing different versions can, and often does, break systems.
Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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Here's what I did to get it to work. First, I installed LightDM (sudo apt-get install lightdm). Then, I added this repository to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:
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# squeeze oldstable
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
Then, I ran apt-get update, and then apt-get install e16. After rebooting, I have a perfectly working E16 desktop.
I absolutely love this WM. It really fits my netbook well.
I still need to fill it up a bit. Does anyone know how to add stuff to the system tray and maybe get a little dock bar to launch programs?
Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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Thanks. But how do I add stuff to the systray, like a battery monitor or a clock. My system tray is completely empty. I looked all over the internet and there doesn't seem to be any information on configuring the system tray.
Thanks. But how do I add stuff to the systray, like a battery monitor or a clock. My system tray is completely empty. I looked all over the internet and there doesn't seem to be any information on configuring the system tray.
Sounds like you are looking for systray modules. E16 is old so most module support moved to E17 I guess.
There is ample documentation available from Enlightenment itself. eDox is DR16's "built in" documentation and tutorial system. This system was removed from the main distribution with the release of DR16.7 in order to shrink the size of the distribution and applications installed disk usage. If you are new to Enlightenment, please download and install the enlightenment-docs package (aka: eDox).
Distribution: Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon Edition 64-bit, Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit, Arch Linux 32-bit
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I just installed the stalonetray, so how do I add icons to it? After a bit of hacking, I was able to get the epplets package installed. The epplets don't really look that great, but at least I can have a clock and CPU monitor. The E-Power epplet doesn't seem to detect my battery, though. WTF is E-Pants supposed to do?
Last edited by CamTheSaxMan; 12-09-2013 at 02:35 PM.
I just installed the stalonetray, so how do I add icons to it? After a bit of hacking, I was able to get the epplets package installed. The epplets don't really look that great, but at least I can have a clock and CPU monitor. The E-Power epplet doesn't seem to detect my battery, though. WTF is E-Pants supposed to do?
Sorry saxman. That is the best I can do. I have not ran e16 in ages and forgot more than I can remember. I just run Macpup which comes with e17 out of the box running and is easy to configure for me.
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