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This is how to install Atom editor on TrueOS.

WARNING: I currently (3/7/2017) cannot get Atom to build correctly. YMMV

Prepare the Environment¶

• Open the Update Manager and make sure the system is up to date.

• Open the AppCafe and install bash, portmaster and libgnome-keyring
  • Or in a terminal and use:
    

    sudo pkg install bash portmaster libgnome-keyring
    

• Make a symlink of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/bash:
  

  sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash
  

• Update the ports tree:
  

  sudo portsnap fetch extract
  

• Build node4 and npm from ports:
  NOTE: Make sure to enable [X] BUNDLED_SSL option
  

  sudo portmaster www/node4 www/npm
  

• Install the chromedriver system-wide:
  

  npm install chromedriver -g
  

• Open a terminal and set the default python version for npm to use:
  

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

Install Atom¶

• Download the latest version of Atom from GitHub:
  

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

• Build atom:
  

  script/build
  

Resources¶

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