Installing Emacs on BSD - Revision history

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 # pkg_add -r emacs
-or:
 </source>
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 # pkg_add -r emacs-nox11
 </source>

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:51, 6 October 2014
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	# pkg_add -r emacs		# pkg_add -r emacs
		+	or:
		+	# pkg install editors/emacs-nox11

	</source>		</source>

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 </source>
-To install emacs without X11 dependcies:
+To install emacs without X11 dependencies:
 <source lang="text">

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:45, 25 February 2014
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	# pkg_add -r emacs		# pkg_add -r emacs
		+
		+	</source>
		+
		+	To install emacs without X11 dependcies:
		+
		+	<source lang="text">
		+
		+	# pkg_add -r emacs-nox11

	</source>		</source>

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:32, 24 December 2012
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−	Emacs is available on the BSD variants either in through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.	+	Emacs is available on the BSD variants either through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.

	== FreeBSD ==		== FreeBSD ==

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-Emacs is available among BSD variants including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and PC-BSD
+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 ==
-=== Install ===
+To install the most recent prebuilt binary package of the (at the time) most recent stable version:
 <source lang="text">
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 </source>
-Or use the ports:
+Or use the ports to build from source:
 <source lang="text">
-# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs
+# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && make install
 </source>
-==== Emacs 24 ====
+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
-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.
+== OpenBSD ==
+[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Easy Set <tt>PKG_PATH</tt>] to an appropriate mirror.
 <source lang="text">
-# pkg_add -r emacs-devel
+<tt>pkg_add</tt> will prompt you for which version you want&mdash;currently, versions 21, 22, and 23 are available.
-</source>
+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])
-Or use the ports:
+No premade port or package for Emacs 24 seems to be publicly available currently.
-<source lang="text">
+== NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, other pkgsrc systems ==
-# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs-devel
+On systems using [http://www.pkgsrc.org pkgsrc], something like
 <source lang="text">
-<tt>pkg_add</tt> will prompt you for which version you want&mdash;currently, versions 21, 22, and 23 are available.
+# cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/emacs && make install
-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])
+</source>
-== PC-BSD ==
+should work.
-[[Category:FreeBSD]][[Category:Emacs-24]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]
+[[Category:Emacs-24]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]

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 Using the <tt>-i</tt> (interactive) option tells <tt>pkg_add</tt> to prompt you for which version to install.  Emacs 21, 22, and 23 are available in packages.
-You can also install from the ports tree, in <tt>editors/emacs21</tt>, <tt>editors/emacs22</tt>, or <tt>editors/emacs23</tt>; however, "The [OpenBSD] ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages."<ref>OpenBSD FAQ, [http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports section 15.3]</ref>
+You can also install from the ports tree, in <tt>editors/emacs21</tt>, <tt>editors/emacs22</tt>, or <tt>editors/emacs23</tt>; 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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	== OpenBSD ==		== OpenBSD ==
		+	After setting <tt>PKG_PATH</tt> to something appropriate (generally <tt>protocol://[http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html mirrorsite]/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -r`/packages/`uname -m`/</tt>), execute as root or with sudo
		+
		+	<source lang="text">
		+	# pkg_add -i emacs
		+	</source>
		+
		+	Using the <tt>-i</tt> (interactive) option tells <tt>pkg_add</tt> to prompt you for which version to install. Emacs 21, 22, and 23 are available in packages. To install from the ports tree, read <tt>ports(7)</tt> and look in <tt>editors/emacs21</tt>, <tt>editors/emacs22</tt>, or <tt>editors/emacs23</tt>.
		+
		+	No premade port or package for Emacs 24 seems to be publicly available currently.

	== PC-BSD ==		== PC-BSD ==