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Asked: 2012-03-07 04:50:44 +0800 CST

Is there an emacs for Xubuntu?

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How can I install emacs on Xubuntu , the command:

sudo apt-get install emacs

doesn't work

emacs xubuntu

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  1. Best Answer

    One way to find out is navigate to the following URL in a browser:

    http://packages.ubuntu.com/

    try your search there, of course you will need to select the appropriate version your using. This should give you a brief answer if the package is included for your version of ubuntu.

    Another easy way is to search on your local system if emacs is available in the PPA

    • Open a command line terminal by issuing Ctrl-Alt-T or searching for terminal in the Dash and type

               #sudo apt-get update
         #apt-cache search emacs

    This will search all of the packages in the ppa for the words emacs in the title.

    According to my response theres a few packages available.

    emacs - The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
emacs-goodies-el - Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs
emacs23 - The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface)
emacs23-bin-common - The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture dependent files
emacs23-common - The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture independent infrastructure
emacs23-el - GNU Emacs LISP (.el) files
emacs23-nox - The GNU Emacs editor (without X support)

    So essentially you could try to 

    #sudo apt-get install

    any of the above packages.

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  2. sudo apt-get install emacs

    should do the trick.

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  3. Xubuntu includes the Synaptic Package Manager by default. Please go to the menu, System, Synaptic Package Manager, and search on EMACS. It will guide you to the correct applications.

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