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Commit 7b2a9db0 authored by Manoj Nair's avatar Manoj Nair
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Merge branch '690-easy-installer-content-update' into 'master' 

Resolve "Easy installer content update"

Closes #690

See merge request e/documentation/user!764
parents 6823fb86 f93c272d

htdocs/_i18n/en/pages/easy-installer-contribute.md

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## Feature idea

- make `./gradlew dist` to create a build for one platform at a time depending on a param.

i.e: `./gradlew dist windows` or `./gradlew dist linux`



1. I want to help **porting /e/OS on Windows**

    - you can help us to translate scripts to Windows

    - if you have some knowledge to package Windows application (as we did on Linux with Snap)

    - once the 2 previous points will be done, you can test and try that everything runs on Windows as it runs on Linux



1. I want to help **porting /e/OS on MacOS**

    - you can check that our scripts are compatible with MacOS

    - if you have some knowledge to package MacOS X applications (as we did on Linux with Snap)

    - once the 2 previous points will be done, you can test and try that everything runs on MacOS as it runs on Linux



1. I want to **add support for a new device**

- **Add support for a new device**

    - You need to own the device

    - First step is to create configuration files for the Easy Installer

    - If necessary, create the missing scripts to be able to achieve the installation



- make `./gradlew dist` to create a build for one platform at a time depending on a param.

i.e: `./gradlew dist windows` or `./gradlew dist linux`



## How to support or add a new device ?



The easy-installer uses two configuration files for each device.

htdocs/_i18n/en/pages/easy-installer.md

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- The Easy Installer is a desktop application which **helps users install /e/OS** on supported devices.



- In its current version the tool works on the **Linux** and **Windows OS**

- The latest version of the tool works on **Linux** , **Windows** and **macOS**



![](/images/easy-installer-mainscreen.png)



## How can I install the /e/OS easy-installer?



The easy-installer beta is available for Linux and Windows OS.

The easy-installer beta is available for Linux, Windows and macOS.



[Installation guide for Linux](easy-installer-linux)



[Installation guide for Windows](easy-installer-windows)



[Installation guide for MacOS](easy-installer-macos)

[Installation guide for macOS](easy-installer-macos)



## List of devices supported by the easy-installer



- The easy-installer beta version supports **15 devices**

- The easy-installer beta version supports **16 devices**



{% include alerts/tip.html content="To get the Easy Installer working on your PC you would need to install the OS specific fastboot drivers first. Follow the instructions in the Install Guides gives against each device." %}
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## Why are more devices and OS not supported?



Due to resource constraints the /e/OS team cannot support all the work needed to add more devices or other operating systems. Here we request users in the community with development experience to help us on:

- Porting the Easy Installer to MacOS

   - the java software should run without issues

   - some development work may be required on the script to port it

Due to resource constraints the /e/OS team cannot add more devices or operating systems. Here we request users in the community with development experience to help us:



- Support new devices

   - with its architecture based configuration files, it is easy to add new devices

   - with its architecture based configuration files, it is easy to add new devices to the Easy Installer

  

- Add support for more Operating systems



{% include alerts/tip.html content="We share details on how you can add more devices in [this document](easy-installer-contribute)"%}