From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard G Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:03:51 +0200 Message-ID: <1qodgakzbc.fsf@googlemail.com> References: <85ejh9xz66.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85642lxtzj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189462484 21572 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2007 22:14:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:14:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 08:14:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IUyVr-0003iF-36 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:42:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUr1U-0002KB-GL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:42:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Trace: individual.net RZrzq+PWORu8lx4KiDk+hgbai+7rzRvTyx0k971o0dbCzECmSm X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:nYAQ/dlKb7E4WuCme4EUpwkYE28= sha1:WPJ5QE2S5VGQdD3lk1KqHSSPhog= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50.6 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151944 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47449 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > "Dave Pawson" writes: > >> On 08/09/2007, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>> > From: David Kastrup >>> > Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:51:45 +0200 >>> > >>> > How about actually reading the messages configure gives you? It tells >>> > you about every single development library it can't find and/or use. >>> > >>> > And would it really be hard to imagine that without X11 development >>> > libraries you won't get X11 support? >>> >>> He asked for help. He's obviously not an experienced tinkerer. >> >> Admitted, I'm coming across as a dummy. I am. >> But then I'm sure David needed the dummies guide at one time. > > Be careful what you are sure about. When I started computing, there > were no dummy guides. Before being able to boot my first computer > (which I soldered together myself with a "kit"), I had to design and > solder a floppy controller, write the bootstrap loader, write the > BIOS. > > If you are going to compile Emacs yourself, you better read the > instructions for doing so. If you don't see that you understand them > or don't want to invest the time until you do, it would likely be > easier if you just installed a precompiled version of Emacs 22.1 from > Gutsy instead. Because you can do it, doesn't mean that others, with less experience and/or ability, can. I concur that trying to build Emacs on Ubuntu is not for the faint hearted or those with limited build environment experience.