Installing Emacs on GNU/Linux - Revision history

JorgePeixoto at 16:45, 8 October 2024

2024-10-08T16:45:43Z

JorgePeixoto: /* Mandriva */ Removed session to ease maintenance of this article. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux, Mandriva was discontinued. Its successors (Mageia and OpenMantriva) don't seem very popular

2024-10-08T16:43:25Z

Mandriva: Removed session to ease maintenance of this article. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux, Mandriva was discontinued. Its successors (Mageia and OpenMantriva) don't seem very popular

JorgePeixoto: /* SUSE */ Updated openSUSE versions; renamed session to "openSUSE"

2024-10-08T16:41:12Z

SUSE: Updated openSUSE versions; renamed session to "openSUSE"

JorgePeixoto: /* Arch Linux */ Updated Arch Linux versions

2024-10-08T16:20:48Z

Arch Linux: Updated Arch Linux versions

JorgePeixoto: /* Fedora */ Updated Fedora versions

2024-10-08T16:17:02Z

Fedora: Updated Fedora versions

JorgePeixoto: /* Gentoo */ Updated Gentoo wiki pages on Emacs

2024-10-08T16:05:31Z

Gentoo: Updated Gentoo wiki pages on Emacs

JorgePeixoto: /* Ubuntu */ Updated Ubuntu version and removed obsolete PPAs

2024-10-08T16:01:11Z

Ubuntu: Updated Ubuntu version and removed obsolete PPAs

JorgePeixoto: Mention Distrobox and Debian backports; update Debian release; mention su and doas as alternatives for sudo; point to GNU Savannah for Emacs git repository

2024-10-08T10:28:11Z

Mention Distrobox and Debian backports; update Debian release; mention su and doas as alternatives for sudo; point to GNU Savannah for Emacs git repository

JorgePeixoto: Updated Debian and mentioned GNU Guix

2021-10-10T16:34:31Z

Updated Debian and mentioned GNU Guix

Elvince: /* emacs 25 ubuntu

2016-09-22T13:44:40Z

/* emacs 25 ubuntu

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 For a more recent build, try installing GNU Guix, Distrobox, building from [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git source] or one of the following unofficial repositories for your distribution.
-= Debian (bookworm) =
+= Debian =
 == Emacs 29.4 (on [https://backports.debian.org/ bookworm-backports]) ==
 <source lang="bash">
-# As root (su, doas or sudo)
+# As root (doas, sudo or su)
 apt install emacs
 </source>
-== Emacs 28.2 ==
+== Emacs 28.2 (on Debian Bookworm) ==
 <source lang="bash">
-# As root (su, doas or sudo)
+# As root (doas, sudo or su)
 apt install emacs
 </source>
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 == Emacs Daily ==
-Read the disclaimer on the [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa#edit-description PPA description]
+First read the disclaimer on the [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa#edit-description Ubuntu Emacs Lisp PPA description]
 <source lang="bash">

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 zypper install emacs
 </source>
 [[Category:GNU/Linux]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]

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 </source>
-= SUSE =
+= openSUSE =
-== Emacs 23 ==
+== Emacs 27.2 (openSUSE Leap 15.6) ==
 <source lang="bash">
-$ sudo zypper install emacs
+# As root (with doas, sudo or su)
 </source>
-== Emacs 24 ==
+== Emacs 29.4 (openSUSE Tumbleweed) ==
-Not available till 12.2, but available from Factory repo. Add factory repo and then,
+Recent Emacs is available on openSUSE Tumbleweed (tested rolling release distribution) and possibly also on openSUSE Leap from [https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Factory Factory repo].
 <source lang="bash">
-$ sudo zypper install emacs
+# As root (with doas, sudo or su)
 </source>

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 = Arch Linux =
-== Emacs 24 ==
+== Emacs 29.4 ==
 <source lang="bash">
-$ sudo pacman -S emacs
+# As root (doas, sudo or su)
 </source>

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 = Fedora =
-== Emacs 23 ==
+== Emacs 29.4 ==
-Available up to Fedora 16
+Available since at least Fedora 39.
 <source lang="bash">
-$ sudo yum install emacs
+# As root (with doas, sudo or su)
-</source>
+dnf install emacs
 </source>

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 = Gentoo =
-See [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/emacs/emacs.xml Emacs on Gentoo page].
+See [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs GNU Emacs - Gentoo wiki] and [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:GNU_Emacs/Developer_guide Project:GNU Emacs/Developer guide - Gentoo wiki].
 = Arch Linux =

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 Check if your distribution already provides an Emacs version of interest to you.
-If you are interested in daily builds or latest binaries,  try installing GNU Guix,  building from [https://github.com/emacsmirror/emacs source] or try one of the following unofficial repositories for your distribution.
+For a more recent build, try installing GNU Guix, Distrobox, building from [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git source] or one of the following unofficial repositories for your distribution.
-= Debian (bullseye) =
+= Debian (bookworm) =
-Debian bullseye is the current stable release as of 2021-10-10.
+Debian bookworm is (as of 2024-10-08) Debian stable, released on 2023-06-10.
-== Emacs 27.1 ==
+== Emacs 29.4 (on [https://backports.debian.org/ bookworm-backports]) ==
 <source lang="bash">
-$ sudo apt install emacs
+# As root (su, doas or sudo)
 </source>

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	$ sudo apt-get install emacs24 emacs24-el emacs24-common-non-dfsg		$ sudo apt-get install emacs24 emacs24-el emacs24-common-non-dfsg
		+	</source>
		+
		+	== Emacs 25 ==
		+
		+	<source lang="bash">
		+	sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:adrozdoff/emacs
		+	sudo apt update
		+	sudo apt install emacs25
	</source>		</source>