Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7

Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7

[Michael Cole]

   Hi,


   1. How do I install and run Emacs 21.4 or any other version in Windows
   7? I have been able to unpack the TAR files but I cannot get it to
   install or run. You seem to have made this more difficult than it
   should be. Installing Emacs on Windows easy

   95B in 2000 was really easy and on Windows 2000 in 2002 was really
   easy.


   2. Is there a fully compiled version of Emacs for Windows 7? I do not
   want to have to  dig for  the Emacs CD that is in storage right now and
   which I  bought from CompUSA back in 2000.


   Mike Cole, 216-832-7024

   [1]mc5w@earthlink.net

   Columbus, Ohio

References

   1. mailto:mc5w@earthlink.net

Re: Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7

[Óscar Fuentes]

Michael Cole <mc5w@earthlink.net> writes:

>    1. How do I install and run Emacs 21.4 or any other version in Windows
>    7? I have been able to unpack the TAR files but I cannot get it to
>    install or run. You seem to have made this more difficult than it
>    should be. Installing Emacs on Windows easy
>
>    95B in 2000 was really easy and on Windows 2000 in 2002 was really
>    easy.
>
>
>    2. Is there a fully compiled version of Emacs for Windows 7? I do not
>    want to have to  dig for  the Emacs CD that is in storage right now and
>    which I  bought from CompUSA back in 2000.

You can download a zip file from the GNU ftp site containing a full
install of Emacs for Windows. As GNU is not reachable from here right
now, this is a mirror:

http://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/GNU/gnu/emacs/windows/

The latest version is emacs-24.5-bin-i686-mingw32.zip

Unzip it and you'll find a `bin' directory. For initiating Emacs execute
`runemacs.exe'.

Re: Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7

[Jeff Clough]

Michael Cole <mc5w@earthlink.net> writes:

>    1. How do I install and run Emacs 21.4 or any other version in Windows
>    7? I have been able to unpack the TAR files but I cannot get it to
>    install or run. You seem to have made this more difficult than it
>    should be. Installing Emacs on Windows easy

You need the ZIP files for Windows, found here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/

>    2. Is there a fully compiled version of Emacs for Windows 7? I do not
>    want to have to  dig for  the Emacs CD that is in storage right now and
>    which I  bought from CompUSA back in 2000.

The ZIP file contains binaries which will work on Windows 7. Further information can be found here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/README

Jeff

Re: Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7

[Grant Rettke]

My Windows 7 setup;

https://github.com/grettke/help/blob/master/help.org#windows
Grant Rettke
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Clough <jvc@ijmp.net> wrote:
> Michael Cole <mc5w@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>>    1. How do I install and run Emacs 21.4 or any other version in Windows
>>    7? I have been able to unpack the TAR files but I cannot get it to
>>    install or run. You seem to have made this more difficult than it
>>    should be. Installing Emacs on Windows easy
>
> You need the ZIP files for Windows, found here:
>
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
>
>>    2. Is there a fully compiled version of Emacs for Windows 7? I do not
>>    want to have to  dig for  the Emacs CD that is in storage right now and
>>    which I  bought from CompUSA back in 2000.
>
> The ZIP file contains binaries which will work on Windows 7. Further information can be found here:
>
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/README
>
> Jeff
>