Installing Emacs on OS X - Revision history

Antoinell at 00:07, 27 December 2020

2020-12-27T00:07:23Z

2020-12-26T23:58:55Z

2020-12-26T23:48:17Z

Aquamacs

2020-12-26T23:45:59Z

Emacs 27

2020-12-26T23:45:04Z

Updating home-brew install process

2017-04-26T15:55:40Z

Brew now recommends emacs to be installed as "brew cask install emacs"

2017-02-06T18:09:23Z

Homebrew: emacs 24 → 25

2015-12-08T20:06:04Z

Simplified command

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Homebrew

2015-04-12T20:23:53Z

Homebrew

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 === Homebrew : emacs ===
-Emacs 27 is also available via [https://brew.sh].
+Emacs 27 is also available via [https://brew.sh brew.sh].
-The specific page about the emacs formula is [https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/emacs].
+The specific page about the emacs formula is [https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/emacs emacs].
 Note that this package is a non-graphical package, it used to have a --cocoa option but it is not available currently.
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 Another brew package which has graphical support.
-The sources are at [https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport].
+The sources are at [https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport homebrew-emacsmacport].
 The installation instructions are

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 </source>
-=== Homebrew ===
+=== Homebrew : emacs ===
 Emacs 27 is also available via [https://brew.sh].
 Just type the following incantation in your shell and you’re done:
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 That’s all folks! You may now proceed to the configuration section.
-=== Homebrew recommended by brew ===
+=== Homebrew : emacsmacport ===
 <source lang="bash">
-brew cask install emacs
+$ brew tap railwaycat/emacsmacport
 </source>
-But that doesn't create /usr/local/bin/emacs.
 You may follow [https://emacsformacosx.com/tips Emacs for Mac OS X, Tips] on how to create scripts for running emacs and emacsclient.

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 == Aquamacs ==
-A near-OS-X-native port of GNU Emacs, integrating Emacs with all the features of Mac OS X. Available [http://aquamacs.org/ here]. As of January 2015, the latest version (3.2) is based on Emacs 24.4. Comes bundled with some handy packages like [[AUCTeX]].
+A near-OS-X-native port of GNU Emacs, integrating Emacs with all the features of Mac OS X. Available [http://aquamacs.org/ here]. As of December 2020, the latest version (3.5) is based on Emacs 25.3. Comes bundled with some handy packages like [[AUCTeX]].
-[[Category:OS X]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]][[Category:Emacs-23]][[Category:Emacs-23.4]][[Category:Emacs-24]]
+[[Category:OS X]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]][[Category:Emacs-25]]

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 </source>
-== Emacs 23 ==
+== Emacs 27 ==
-Binaries for Emacs 23 are still available from [http://emacsformacosx.com/builds Emacs for OSX].
+Binaries for Emacs 27 are still available from [http://emacsformacosx.com/builds Emacs for OSX].
 == Aquamacs ==

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 === Homebrew ===
-Emacs 25 is also available via [http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/homebrew]. Just type the following incantation in your shell and you’re done:
+Emacs 27 is also available via [https://brew.sh].
 <source lang="bash">
 $ brew update
-$ brew install emacs --with-cocoa
+$ brew install emacs
 </source>
 Chances are good you have an older version of Emacs installed by default with OS X. It's suggested you to remove that older Emacs version to avoid conflicts with the new one. Do this:
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 </source>
 That’s all folks! You may now proceed to the configuration section.

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 $ brew update
 $ brew install emacs --with-cocoa
-$ ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.x/Emacs.app /Applications
+$ brew linkapps emacs
 </source>
 The second step is optional, but it’s recommended if you like to start Emacs from the launchpad or from Spotlight.

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 <source lang="bash">
-$ alias emacs="/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.4/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw"
+$ alias emacs="/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.x/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw"
 </source>