From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to install several Emacs versions on the same system? Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:08:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87fv1m4syh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d1wysb0w.fsf@mbork.pl> <87lhbeoirf.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444230558 29556 80.91.229.3 (7 Oct 2015 15:09:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:09:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Oleh Krehel Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 07 17:09:07 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqL4-0002BU-O5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:09:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58135 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqL4-0005FP-BM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43839) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqKS-00050m-6L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:08:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqKO-0000Lt-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:08:28 -0400 Original-Received: from nsmtp.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.14]:40419) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjqKN-0000LQ-Sz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:08:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nsmtp.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0344E238EF6; Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:08:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from nsmtp.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nsmtp.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nCiiecHLQUTv; Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:08:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.64.15]) by nsmtp.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:08:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from thinkpad-t440p (dhcp212.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.71.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BDEE11A8506; Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:08:22 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Followup-To: Oleh Krehel , Marcin Borkowski , Help Gnu Emacs mailing list In-Reply-To: <87lhbeoirf.fsf@gmail.com> (Oleh Krehel's message of "Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:28:20 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.26.64.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107540 Archived-At: Oleh Krehel writes: >> 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.) > > I've soft-linked: > > - /usr/local/bin/emacs to /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.5 > - /usr/local/bin/newemacs to /home/oleh/git/gnu-emacs/src/emacs Same for me except that "emacs" is the bleeding edge version and for the current release I have to use emacs-24.5. > This way I always have access to the newest git version with only > "make" (no "make install"). And also to the latest stable version in > case the git version breaks. Too bad my ~/.emacs already contains code which won't work on 24.5. But that's a good thing. If the HEAD breaks, I'm forced to bisect for the last working commit, and then most of the effort of a good bug report is done already. ;-) > As for the Git repository, currently it's 742M in the compiled > state. I'm sure the download amount is much less. Yes, mine which contains some local branches and stuff is about 800 MB, too. Bye, Tassilo