From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:01:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87mt5995co.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28727"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:YyXTjnDl6Tbz3av0Ze2fpBL6MTw= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 19 22:44:33 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pTrU1-0007Lo-SM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 22:44:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTrTV-0002rf-Kd; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTjJx-0005DD-Kj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 08:01:39 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTjJv-0001Dm-Aq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 08:01:36 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pTjJs-0000e9-RW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:01:32 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:43:59 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:142786 Archived-At: 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 -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal