Objectively True

Open a terminal.

sudo apt-get install build-essential cvs subversion libglib-2.0-dev automake 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 libpam0g-dev 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 libdbus-1-dev libfontconfig-dev

Say “y” to install… then try this…

wget http://omicron.homeip.net/projects/easy_e17/easy_e17.sh

next, this:

chmod +x easy_e17.sh
./easy_e17.sh -i -e

After the install is finished, do this:

sudo nano -w /usr/share/xsessions/e17.desktop

You’ll be taken to a brand new document.  Paste this text in it:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=E-17
Comment=
Exec=/opt/e17/bin/enlightenment_start
Icon=
Type=Application

(click your mouse from the end of this text and drag it back to the beginning to copy it, middle-click to paste in a terminal)  Then hit Ctrl + x, say “y” to save changes.

Additionally, it’s a good idea to add e17 to your PATH:

sudo nano -w /etc/environment

go to the end of the line on this file, just inside the quotation marks, and add the text “:/opt/e17/bin” (no quotation marks), then Ctrl + x, and “y” to save changes.  Log out of your desktop environment and e17 should now be an option to select from GDM/XDM/KDM/etc.