From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:01:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt5995co.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Y/IZom8FZeLCiWFx@protected.localdomain
Jean Louis wrote:
>> I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux.
>> After installing it using the suggested command, I get an
>> error when trying to run it. When I type "emacs" to run it,
>> I get the error: "emacs: command not found" The terminal
>> suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install.
>> When I type this command, I get the error stating "Package
>> emacs is already installed". I am a beginner and will
>> appreciate any advice.
>
> It may be that Emacs is installed but not in your PATH
> variable, which determines where are those programs to
> be run.
>
> If you have the command `dpkg' you could try to list the
> package files with:
>
> dpkg -L emacs
Good idea, here are a bunch of other commands that are maybe
helpful, you can use them in bash as well, maybe.
https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/apt
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-19 13:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-19 5:10 Installing Emacs on MobaXterm keegan afonso
2023-02-19 12:44 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 13:01 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-02-19 14:04 ` Re[2]: " keegan afonso
2023-02-19 15:03 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 16:08 ` cheyrn via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-02-19 20:12 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 14:01 ` Thibaut Verron
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