User Guides

This page is intended as a collection of guides for users.

Installing GNUstep

Installation can be easy or complex, depending on the system you use. If you encounter problems that aren't discussed here, please ask for help on the mailing lists.

• Simple Installation
• Make sure you also check the platform-specific instructions as well.
• Comprehensive build guide for GNUstep on GNU/Linux.
• User Keyboard Setup
• Setup for East Asian Languages
• User Defaults (GUI) (Back)
• GNUstep SVN Installation Guide

• GNUstep and Étoilé dependency list
• Building GNUstep with Clang
• Building GNUstep with clang, blocks, and Grand Central Dispatch

Using GNUstep

• User Applications
• Filesystem Layout (PDF)
• GNUstep Users' FAQ (PDF)
• Mailing Lists, IRC and Newsgroups
• Cross Compiling
• Manual de Objective-C y GNUstep (PDF en español)
• Changing GNUstep Theme

Other Info

• News and info:
  • Freshmeat
  • GNUstep en español - Noticias e información
• Projects:
  • Desktop Environments
    • Backbone - GNUstep Desktop project
    • Étoilé - GNUstep based user environment
    • GAP - GNUstep Application Project
  • Live CDs
    • GNUstep Live CD Project - based on Debian
    • ALT Linux based (i586/x86_64, BIOS/UEFI, considerable number of GNUstep/Étoilé apps):
      • GNUstep starterkit - updated semi-regularly as of April 2014, might become a quarterly release using stable package branch
      • Regular GNUstep - updated weekly using unstable development branch
• Developer sites:
  • Developers - List of developers
  • GNUstep.it - Italian developer site
  • Advogato - basic GNUstep project info and links to some developer diaries
  • Collaboration World - home to GNUMail, Affiche and more
  • GNUstep HelpCenter
  • GNUstep Icons project
• GNUstep Success Stories

Stores

• "Openlogic" GNUstep store - A portion of these proceeds go to the FSF and GNUstep.
• The GNUstep project does not sponsor or benefit from these items:
  • "GNUstep" store
  • "OPENGNUstep" store