Difference between revisions of "Installing Emacs on Windows"

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Installing Emacs

GNU Releases

Unpack the zip file to a directory and read the included file README.W32 for more information on installation.

Cygwin

Recommended for unix-savvy users who need to get work done on a Windows machine. Uses a dpkg-style package manager which includes Emacs, X11 and many other standard GNU, BSD and POSIX tools.

Unofficial Releases

EmacsW32
Emacs for Windows
EmacsW64, also available on Chocolatey package manager

See GNU Emacs FAQ For MS Windows for more information.

Additional Binaries

EZWinPorts made available by Eli Zaretskii

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-[[Category:Windows]]
+== Installing Emacs ==
+=== GNU Releases ===
+* [ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ Official releases]
+* [http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/ Pre-test builds]
+* [http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ Alpha releases]
+Unpack the zip file to a directory and read the included file <tt>README.W32</tt> for more information on installation.
+=== [[Cygwin]] ===
+Recommended for unix-savvy users who need to get work done on a Windows machine. Uses a <tt>dpkg</tt>-style package manager which includes Emacs, X11 and many other standard GNU, BSD and POSIX tools.
+=== Unofficial Releases ===
+* [http://ourcomments.org/cgi-bin/emacsw32-dl-latest.pl EmacsW32]
+* [http://code.google.com/p/emacs-for-windows/ Emacs for Windows]
+* [http://emacsbinw64.sourceforge.net EmacsW64], also available on [https://chocolatey.org/packages/emacs64 Chocolatey package manager]
+See [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq.html GNU Emacs FAQ For MS Windows] for more information.
+== Additional Binaries ==
+[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/ EZWinPorts] made available by Eli Zaretskii
+[[Category:Windows]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]