From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to install several Emacs versions on the same system?
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:13:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k2r68ksb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d1wysb0w.fsf@mbork.pl>
> From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:23:43 +0200
>
> I'm on GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1, but I'd like to have an older Emacs
> installed, too. What is the fastest way to achive that? (I would
> prefer to compile from source - I have the Git repository anyway, though
> only shallow clone, but I can clone the whole thing, too.)
Just do it, it's already supported. When say "make install", 2
identical binaries are installed, one of them with the name
"emacs-X.Y.Z", the other called just "emacs". The latter will be
overwritten on the next install, but the former stays. And each
version has its own share/emacs/ subdirectory.
IOW, it should "just work".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-01 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-01 18:23 How to install several Emacs versions on the same system? Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-01 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-10-01 19:26 ` Kaushal Modi
2015-10-01 20:11 ` Bob Proulx
2015-10-02 0:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-10-07 14:28 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-07 15:08 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.54.1444228092.916.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-10-07 15:17 ` J G Miller
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