Installing Emacs on BSD

2012-12-24T01:32:31Z

108.131.107.138: Deleted a word accidentally left in in the last revision.

Emacs is available on the BSD variants either through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.

== FreeBSD ==

To install the most recent prebuilt binary package of the (at the time) most recent stable version:

<source lang="text">

# pkg_add -r emacs

</source>

Or use the ports to build from source:

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && make install

</source>

Developers may find "[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/emacs.html Using Emacs as a Development Environment]," from the official FreeBSD project documentation, a good starting point. Some of the config tweaks are a bit dated and might need updating. But overall it's a reference

== OpenBSD ==
[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Easy Set <tt>PKG_PATH</tt>] to an appropriate mirror.

<source lang="text">
# pkg_add -i emacs</source>

<tt>pkg_add</tt> will prompt you for which version you want—currently, versions 21, 22, and 23 are available.

You can also install from the ports tree; however, "The [OpenBSD] ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages."(OpenBSD FAQ, [http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports section 15.3])

No premade port or package for Emacs 24 seems to be publicly available currently.

== NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, other pkgsrc systems ==

On systems using [http://www.pkgsrc.org pkgsrc], something like

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs && make install

</source>

should work.

[[Category:Emacs-24]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]

Installing Emacs on BSD

2012-12-24T01:31:37Z

108.131.107.138: Made the page more general; removed sections with no text; lumped all pkgsrc OS's together and wrote a brief section

Emacs is available on the BSD variants either in through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.

== FreeBSD ==

To install the most recent prebuilt binary package of the (at the time) most recent stable version:

<source lang="text">

# pkg_add -r emacs

</source>

Or use the ports to build from source:

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && make install

</source>

Developers may find "[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/emacs.html Using Emacs as a Development Environment]," from the official FreeBSD project documentation, a good starting point. Some of the config tweaks are a bit dated and might need updating. But overall it's a reference

== OpenBSD ==
[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Easy Set <tt>PKG_PATH</tt>] to an appropriate mirror.

<source lang="text">
# pkg_add -i emacs</source>

<tt>pkg_add</tt> will prompt you for which version you want—currently, versions 21, 22, and 23 are available.

You can also install from the ports tree; however, "The [OpenBSD] ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages."(OpenBSD FAQ, [http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports section 15.3])

No premade port or package for Emacs 24 seems to be publicly available currently.

== NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, other pkgsrc systems ==

On systems using [http://www.pkgsrc.org pkgsrc], something like

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs && make install

</source>

should work.

[[Category:Emacs-24]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]

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