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| ==== Linux installation ==== | ==== Linux installation ==== | ||
| - | Install the ''emacs'' package, if it is not already available | + | * Check **if ''emacs'' is already installed** on the Linux computer or servers you are using, e.g with the ''[[other:newppl:starting#which_program_am_i_using|which]]'' command. There is a good chance that ''emacs'' is already available on shared servers! |
| + | * <code>$ which \emacs | ||
| + | /usr/bin/emacs</code> | ||
| - | <code>$ sudo apt install emacs | + | * **If ''emacs'' is not available**: |
| + | * On shared server: ask your local system administrators | ||
| + | * On your Linux desktop/laptop: install the ''emacs'' package the following way | ||
| + | * <code>$ sudo apt install emacs | ||
| [sudo] password for your_login: | [sudo] password for your_login: | ||
| Reading package lists... Done | Reading package lists... Done | ||
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| * if your Windows terminal does not have //elevated// (i.e. //administrator//) permissions, a pop-up window will open and ask for confirmation | * if your Windows terminal does not have //elevated// (i.e. //administrator//) permissions, a pop-up window will open and ask for confirmation | ||
| * IF the automated installation with ''winget'' does not work, download the most recent Windows installer from a gnu //ftp// mirror | * IF the automated installation with ''winget'' does not work, download the most recent Windows installer from a gnu //ftp// mirror | ||
| - | * Go to [[https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/gnu/emacs/windows/|gnu emacs for windows ftp mirror]] | + | * Go to a [[https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/windows/|gnu emacs for windows ftp mirror]] |
| * Go to the most recent ''emacs-XX/'' folder (e.g. ''emacs-29/'' as of February 2024) | * Go to the most recent ''emacs-XX/'' folder (e.g. ''emacs-29/'' as of February 2024) | ||
| * Download the most recent ''emacs-XX.YY-installer.exe'' file (e.g. ''emacs-29.2_1-installer.exe'' as of February 2024) and execute it | * Download the most recent ''emacs-XX.YY-installer.exe'' file (e.g. ''emacs-29.2_1-installer.exe'' as of February 2024) and execute it | ||
| * If everything went well, you should have a new ''Start''=>''Emacs-XX'' menu that you can use to start ''emacs'' | * If everything went well, you should have a new ''Start''=>''Emacs-XX'' menu that you can use to start ''emacs'' | ||
| - | * If that's not the case, ask JYP and remind him to finish this section FIXME | + | * If the menu shortcuts have **not** been installed: |
| + | * Go to the emacs binaries directory: ''C:\\Program Files\\Emacs\\emacs-XX.YY\\bin'' | ||
| + | * Click on the ''addpm.exe'' program to (re-)run the program that will create the shortcuts ([[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq-w32/Installing-binaries.html|official page]]) | ||
| * You can work with the default ''emacs'' settings, but it is highly recommended to start with a nice existing emacs configuration file (if available) | * You can work with the default ''emacs'' settings, but it is highly recommended to start with a nice existing emacs configuration file (if available) | ||
other/emacs_doc.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/08 10:10 by jypeter
