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.

• Installation introduction
• Instructions on how to install on BSD or Linux. There are other platform-specific instructions as well.
• Comprehensive build guide for GNUstep on GNU/Linux.

Further configuration and advanced installation

• 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
• Raspbian Install

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 ->Freecode Effective 2014-06-18 Freecode is no longer being updated (content may be stale).
  • 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 - based on Debian
    • ALT Linux based (i586/x86_64, BIOS/UEFI, considerable number of GNUstep/Étoilé apps):
      • GNUstep starterkit - updated quarterly (as of June 2014) using stable package branch
      • Regular GNUstep - updated weekly using unstable development branch
• Developer sites:
  • Developers - List of developers
  • GNUstep.it - Italian developer site
  • Collaboration World - home to GNUMail, Affiche and more
  • GNUstep HelpCenter
  • GNUstep Icons project
• GNUstep Success Stories