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

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

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot

Gentoo

See Emacs on Gentoo page.

Arch Linux

See emacs-bzr package from AUR

Slackware

Compile and Install using emacs.SlackBuild (unofficial).

Fedora

No pre-built packages.

SusE

No pre-built packages.

Mandriva

No pre-built packages.

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