haziz Asked: 2016-11-21 11:19:37 +0800 CST2016-11-21 11:19:37 +0800 CST 2016-11-21 11:19:37 +0800 CST Emacs 25 on Ubuntu 16.10? 772 Is there any way of installing Emacs 25 or 25.1 on Ubuntu 16.10 without having to compile from source? I want a stable install of Emacs and do not wish to install an unstable or nightly build. apt 1 Answers Voted Best Answer edwinksl 2016-11-21T11:48:07+08:002016-11-21T11:48:07+08:00 According to the r/emacs post in Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/55hnxo/best_way_to_update_on_ubuntu/d8b8jtg/, the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~kelleyk/+archive/ubuntu/emacs provides the stable release of Emacs 25. To add this PPA, do: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install emacs25
According to the r/emacs post in Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/55hnxo/best_way_to_update_on_ubuntu/d8b8jtg/, the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~kelleyk/+archive/ubuntu/emacs provides the stable release of Emacs 25. To add this PPA, do: