Support #652
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This is a guide on installing the Atom editor on FreeBSD 9.
*NOTE*: I currently am unable to install Atom on FreeBSD due to dependency failures.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
<pre>
pkg update && pkg upgrade
</pre>
* Install portmaster:
<pre>
pkg install portmaster
pkg2ng
</pre>
* Install nodejs and npm:
<pre>
pkg install node npm libgnome-keyring
</pre>
h2. Install Atom
* Ensure that gyp uses Python 2:
<pre>
npm config set python /usr/local/bin/python2 -g
</pre>
* Clone Atom from GitHub:
<pre>
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
cd atom
</pre>
* Edit the script/package.json:
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vi script/package.json
</pre>
#* And remove the minidump line:
<pre>
"minidump": "~0.9",
</pre>
* Build the application in a temporary directory:
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script/build
</pre>
* Install the application:
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sudo script/grunt install
</pre>
h2. Resources
* https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/docs/build-instructions/freebsd.md
* https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2599