build_emacs.sh

#!/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

dest=~/bin/emacs-"$version"/
mkdir -p $dest
cd emacs-"$version"
./configure \
    --with-xft \
    --with-x-toolkit=lucid --prefix=$dest
make


make install