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Build emacs 24.5 in linux Mint
sudo apt-get remove \
emacs emacs24 emacs24-bin-common \
emacs24-common emacs24-common-non-dfsg emacsen-common
wget -c http://gnu.mirror.vexxhost.com/emacs/emacs-24.5.tar.xz
tar vxf emacs-24.5.tar.xz
cd emacs-24.5/
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libgtk-3-dev \
libtiff5-dev libgif-dev libXpm-dev libncurses-dev
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/emacs emacs
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Expanded from the example at https://gist.github.com/dcampos/1fd6449fce41421e6157 . libgif-dev libXpm-dev libncurses-dev were required as well.

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