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| # Setting up Emacs in our source directory | |
| mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src | |
| git clone --depth 1 --branch emacs-30 git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git | |
| git checkout emacs-30 | |
| # Enable development libraries and update apt cache | |
| # for Ubuntu >= 24.04 | |
| sudo sed -i 's/^Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources && apt update | |
| # for ubuntu < 24, uncomment and use the following | |
| # sudo sed -i 's/# deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list && apt update | |
| # Install necessary dependencies | |
| sudo apt build-dep -y emacs \ | |
| && sudo apt install libtree-sitter-dev | |
| # Generate the configure file | |
| ./autogen.sh | |
| # Configure Emacs with desired options | |
| # --with-ctags --with-dbus --with-debug --with-mailutils --with-x11 --with-xwidgets | |
| ./configure --with-imagemagick | |
| # Compile with 4 cores | |
| make -j4 bootstrap | |
| # Verify the version | |
| ./src/emacs --version | |
| # Optionally, test things by launching Emacs without any configuration | |
| ./src/emacs -Q | |
| # When things look good, install Emacs system-wide | |
| sudo make install |
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For 24.04 the source list has been moved. This will do the trick:
sed -i 's/^Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
Though I ran into some other issues and had to drop a few of your config flags.
Author
👍🏼updated for ubuntu 24.04+
I'm pretty sure the --with-json is no longer used on emacs30: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/New-in-Emacs-30.html
Author
👍🏼updated
The clone should be:
git clone --depth 1 --branch emacs-30 git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git
--branch requires a branch...
Author
👍🏼updated
In case you're trying to run ./configure --with-imagemagick on a fresh Debian system, you may need to install the package libmagickwand-dev first
apt update needs sudo as well.
Missing cd emacs after cloning.
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👍🏼
updated!