Alternative Linux and BSD distributions

Fedict supports officially the following Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu (most recent version plus the two most recent LTS versions)
• Linux Mint (two LTS versions that were based on the supported Ubuntu versions; NOT the LMDE version)
• Debian (two most recent versions)
• Red Hat / CentOS (two most recent versions)
• openSUSE (two most recent Leap versions; NOT tumbleweed)
• Fedora (two most recent versions)
• Linux Mint (two most recent versions; not the LMDE version)

For older versions of the above distributions, the existing packages are not removed, but they are also not updated; if you run an unsupported version of any of these distributions, Fedict recommends upgrading as soon as possible.

Additionally, Fedict will never support a distribution that has been declared EOL by the distribution itself.

For other distributions, Fedict does not provide prebuilt packages nor support. However, some unsupported distributions do provide their own packaging of the official middleware:

• For Arch Linux, install eid-mw from AUR.
• For FreeBSD, install security/libbeid from the ports system.
• For Gentoo Linux, emerge app-crypt/eid-mw

Maintainers of other distributions are invited to open an issue against this project with a request to update the above list.

If all else fails, or if you prefer it, you can also compile the middleware from source. The git repository has signed tags; there are signed tarballs on dist.eid.belgium.be; and the official distribution page ships the source too, but not signed other than by HTTPS. Use whichever you prefer.

Having said that, as Fedict has no influence over any patches that third-party distributors may apply to their version of the eID middleware, no support is provided by Fedict towards using these third-party packages. If you encounter any problems, please contact your distribution for support.