Installing Emacs on GNU/Linux
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Check if your distribution already provides an Emacs version of interest to you.
If you are interested in daily builds or latest binaries, try building from source or try one of the following unofficial repositories based on your distribution.
Debian
Emacs 23
$ sudo apt-get install emacs
Emacs 24
See emacs-snapshot APT repo. The page contains installation instructions. High quality, highly recommended builds! After adding the repo according to the instructions linked to above, install with the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
Ubuntu
Emacs 23
$ sudo apt-get install emacs
Emacs 24
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
Gentoo
See Emacs on Gentoo page.
Arch Linux
Emacs 23
$ sudo pacman -S emacs
Emacs 24
See emacs-bzr package from AUR
Slackware
Compile and Install using emacs.SlackBuild (unofficial).
Fedora
Emacs 23
$ sudo yum install emacs
Emacs 24
No pre-built packages.
SusE
Emacs 23
$ sudo zypper install emacs
Emacs 24
No pre-built packages.
Mandriva
No pre-built packages.