atom/docs/build-instructions/freebsd.md

FreeBSD

FreeBSD -RELEASE 64-bit is the recommended platform.

Requirements

• FreeBSD
• pkg install node
• pkg install npm
• pkg install libgnome-keyring
• npm config set python /usr/local/bin/python2 -g to ensure that gyp uses Python 2

Instructions

git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
cd atom
script/build # Creates application at $TMPDIR/atom-build/Atom
sudo script/grunt install # Installs command to /usr/local/bin/atom

Advanced Options

Custom install directory

sudo script/grunt install --install-dir /install/atom/here

Custom build directory

script/build --build-dir /build/atom/here

Troubleshooting