Enlightenment

Enlightenment is a light-weight and eye-candy desktop environment.

Enlightenment versions
There seems to be a confusion over enlightenment versions. There's the git repository with what would later become version 0.20. Then there's a released version 0.19 which seems to have it's own outdated page E19. And there are the older versions 0.18 and 0.17, the latter being still very popular for its stability and is still the latest version in Gentoo.

There is also an even older version called E16 whose apparent version in Gentoo is 1.x, which unfortunately makes it appear newer than E17 and later. Because of that, you need to be careful which version you are installing.

Installing Enlightenment 0.17
For installing Enlightenment and the needed libraries, just issue the following command:

For svg support e.g. for previews or menu entries, you can additionally install evas_generic_loaders with the svg USE flag enabled. Addition to (unless you already have the svg USE flag globally enabled):

and install the package:

Instaling Enlightenment 0.18
At the time of writing, you need to install E18 from testing.

Installing Enlightenment live ebuilds (future 0.20 release)
Install Layman and then add the ixit overlay.

Make sure to install all core enlightenment packages using live ebuilds. You can update using the exact same command to ensure that all core packages are updated.

If anything goes wrong, contact User:Pavlix. Those are live ebuilds and therefore they can occasionally need updating. I'm also considering starting a separate overlay just for Enlightenment.

Tips and Tricks
Now one can start Enlightenment desktop environment by launching the default display manager.

You may have to add an entry to your X sessions directory, if you use SLiM for example

Or else, one can use simple or zsh version  scheme to avoid unnecessary extra packages to just be able to log into your session. And do not forget to install NetworkManager and or else a light weight network manager like Dhcpcd+Dhcpcd-ui or even  which have a EFL applet.

A zsh version could be used instead.

The previous files can be used to login into an Enlightenment session easily without needing any middle man like depending on tty or console used to log in. Adapt to youy needs and window manager.

Multi Layout Keyboard
For use multi layout keyboard install this package:

External Resources

 * GTK Theme to match the new dark default theme
 * Homepage
 * Wikipedia article