e17 directions for Debian

Ok...here is the e17 install with all the needed packages for Debian so your compilation doesn't error out saying you are short dependencies.

First make sure you have and xserver like X.org installed
#apt-get install x-window-system
or install the Desktop Environment along with the base system. This is the default, but I don't like Gnome, so I don't install it.
If you do, you will have a few extra bells and whistles installed be default.

Install dependencies and a few extras you will want:
# apt-get install build-essential cvs libtool libltdl3-dev automake1.9 autotools-dev libpopt-dev libcurl3-dev libx11-dev x11proto-xext-dev libbz2-dev libid3tag0-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libungif4-dev libjpeg62-dev libssl-dev libfreetype6-dev bison flex gettext libimlib2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxcursor-dev libgtk1.2-dev autoconf pkg-config libpng3-dev libxine-dev libxkbfile-dev libsqlite3-dev giblib-dev libxmu-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libtag1-dev libtagc0-dev giblib-dev libasound2-dev libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev libmpd0 libmpd-dev mozilla-firefox eterm openoffice.org2

Get the install script:
# wget http://omicron.homeip.net/projects/easy_e17/easy_e17.sh

Make it executeable:
# chmod 755 easy_e17.sh

Run the install script:
# ./easy_e17.sh -i

Add some items to the PATH
# nano /etc/environment

Add this to the file:
"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/opt/e17/bin:/opt/e17/sbin"

Make your startup script for the login manager:
# cd /etc/init.d
# nano entrance.sh

Add this to the new file:
"/opt/e17/sbin/entranced"

Make it executeable:
# chmod 755 entrance.sh

Add a symlink so it runs at boot time:
# cd /etc/rcS.d/
# ln -s /etc/init.d/entrance.sh S99entrance

now reboot...it should boot right into the Entrance login manager.

Enjoy!