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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.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Install portmaster:
  

  pkg install portmaster
  pkg2ng
  

• Install nodejs and npm:
  

  pkg install node npm libgnome-keyring gmake
  

Install Atom¶

NOTE: Atom must be built as a non-root user

su - user

• Ensure that gyp uses Python 2:
  

  npm config set python /usr/local/bin/python2 -g
  

• Clone Atom from GitHub:
  

  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
  cd atom
  

• Checkout the latest Atom release:
  

  git fetch -p
  git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
  

• Build the application in a temporary directory:
  

  script/build
  

• Install the application:
  

  sudo script/grunt install
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/docs/build-instructions/freebsd.md
• https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2599