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Compile Emacs from source on Ubuntu-like system
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compile_emacs_ubuntu.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt install build-essential # compilation tools
sudo apt build-dep emacs # install deps of previous emacs to get headstart
cd ~/Projects # change to dir to store emacs source
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-28.2.tar.xz # clone from github mirror
tar -xf emacs-28.2.tar.xz # checkout desired version branch
cd emacs-28.2/
./autogen.sh # creates configure script
./configure # creates makefile; check output for missing deps
make # compiles binary
src/emacs -Q # for test
sudo make install # install binary to system
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tgroshon commented Jul 8, 2021

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