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Compile latest emacs version (24.5) in Ubuntu 14.04
#!/bin/bash
# Build latest version of Emacs, version management with stow
# OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
# version: 24.5
# Toolkit: lucid
# Warning, use updated version of this script in: https://github.com/favadi/build-emacs
set -e
readonly version="24.5"
# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install -y stow build-essential libx11-dev xaw3dg-dev \
libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libgif-dev libtiff4-dev libncurses5-dev \
libxft-dev librsvg2-dev libmagickcore-dev libmagick++-dev \
libxml2-dev libgpm-dev libghc-gconf-dev libotf-dev libm17n-dev \
libgnutls-dev
# download source package
if [[ ! -d emacs-"$version" ]]; then
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-"$version".tar.xz
tar xvf emacs-"$version".tar.xz
fi
# buil and install
sudo mkdir /usr/local/stow
cd emacs-"$version"
./configure \
--with-xft \
--with-x-toolkit=lucid
make
sudo make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/emacs-"$version"
cd /usr/local/stow
sudo stow emacs-"$version"
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