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= Ubuntu =
 
= Ubuntu =
  
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== Emacs 23 ==
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== Emacs 29.3 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)==
  
 
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<source lang="bash">
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$ sudo apt-get install emacs
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# As root (doas, sudo or su)
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apt-get install emacs
 
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== Emacs 24 ==
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== Emacs Daily ==
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The following PPA is no longer maintained and currently features Emacs 24.3.
 
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<source lang="bash">
 
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$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
 
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$ sudo apt-get install emacs24 emacs24-el emacs24-common-non-dfsg
 
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</source>
 
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== Emacs 25 ==
 
  
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Read the disclaimer on the [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa#edit-description PPA description]
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sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:adrozdoff/emacs
 
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sudo apt update
 
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sudo apt install emacs25
 
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== Emacs Daily ==
 
  
 
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<source lang="bash">
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$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-elisp/ppa
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# As root (doas, sudo or su)
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apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-elisp/ppa
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$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-el
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apt-get install emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-el
 
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Revision as of 16:01, 8 October 2024

Check if your distribution already provides an Emacs version of interest to you.

For a more recent build, try installing GNU Guix, Distrobox, building from source or one of the following unofficial repositories for your distribution.

Debian (bookworm)

Debian bookworm is (as of 2024-10-08) Debian stable, released on 2023-06-10.

Emacs 29.4 (on bookworm-backports)

# As root (su, doas or sudo)
apt install emacs

Emacs 28.2

# As root (su, doas or sudo)
apt install emacs


Ubuntu

Emacs 29.3 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

# As root (doas, sudo or su)
apt-get install emacs

Emacs Daily

Read the disclaimer on the PPA description 

# As root (doas, sudo or su)
apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-elisp/ppa
apt-get install emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-el

Gentoo

See Emacs on Gentoo page.

Arch Linux

Emacs 24

$ sudo pacman -S emacs

Emacs-git

Compile and Install bleeding edge using AUR: 

$ yaourt -S emacs-git

Slackware

Compile and Install using emacs.SlackBuild (unofficial).

Fedora

Emacs 23

Available up to Fedora 16 

$ sudo yum install emacs

Emacs 24

Available from Fedora 17+ 

$ sudo yum install emacs

SUSE

Emacs 23

Available in 12.1 and 12.2. Before that? not sure. 

$ sudo zypper install emacs

Emacs 24

Not available till 12.2, but available from Factory repo. Add factory repo and then, 

$ sudo zypper install emacs

Mandriva

No pre-built packages.

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