Installing Emacs on BSD

2012-11-09T21:46:48Z

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Emacs is available among BSD variants including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and PC-BSD

== FreeBSD ==

=== Install ===

==== Emacs 23 ====

To install the latest stable version of Emacs, with all the latest features, there are two approaches: using a pre built package or building from the ports.

To fetch and install the package run:

<source lang="text">

# pkg_add -r emacs

</source>

Or use the ports:

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs

# make install

</source>

==== Emacs 24 ====

To install the latest development version of Emacs, with all the latest features, there are two approaches: using a pre built package or building from the ports.

To fetch and install the package run:

<source lang="text">

# pkg_add -r emacs-devel

</source>

Or use the ports:

<source lang="text">

# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs-devel

# make install

</source>

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

== NetBSD ==

== 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.

== PC-BSD ==

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

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Installing Emacs on BSD