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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by MITM0@lemmy.world to c/emacs@lemmy.ml

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Okay, so this is probably a stupid question, I use Pop!_OS & the current emacs version is Emacs-27 So, If I had to install the latest one (Emacs-29.1 or even Emacs-30.0.93) what does one have to do, compile it manually ?

Or is there another way ?

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[–] bunitor 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

i use debian, so i had to do this:

apt build-dep emacs

i assume pop os to be debian-based, so that'll work for you too. this ensures every dependency is available beforehand so you don't get to a scenario where emacs builds successfully, but something basic like gtk support is missing

then you clone emacs and then ./configure && make && make install. i use it for work everyday and it works pretty well

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So the sequence is as follows:-

First of all we'll have to do this in Debian

apt build-dep emacs

Next up

git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git

Then we do this after navigating to the emacs source code folder

./configure && make && make install

Did I miss anything ??

[–] bunitor 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

you might have to set a different --prefix during the ./configure stage if you don't want to install it as root, but other than that, i think this is it. please read the INSTALL file and also the output of ./configure --help