From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Rodolfo Medina" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to download and install Emacs CVS? Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:19:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106396411 31983 80.91.229.6 (22 Jan 2005 12:20:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 22 13:20:05 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CsKFI-0006JM-00 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:20:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CsKRP-0002sv-Go for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:32:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CsKPw-0002Ut-AU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CsKPi-0002N5-GV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:30:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CsKPi-0002KR-AO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:30:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [193.70.192.52] (helo=smtp2.libero.it) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CsK7V-0004Yw-ET for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:12:01 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (172.16.1.80) by smtp2.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 41BDB6630082D7EB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:12:19 +0100 Original-Received: from a3i3g5 (151.26.54.70) by smtp1.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 41BF654A02DD70CA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:11:56 +0100 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at libero.it serv2 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23540 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23540 Many thanks to all who replied. Rodolfo wrote: >when I installed Emacs-CVS in Mandrake 9.1 everything seemed to go well, >except that Emacs is launched without graphical environment, >with a black background and no possibility to use the mouse. >Is that normal, or what did I miss? It seems that the problem was due to the absence of the `libgtk+2.0_0-devel' package. In fact, repeating the Emacs-CVS installation after installing that package, the problem was solved. >When I repeated the installation in Mandrake 10.1 Community, >during the 'make bootstrap' step the following message went on appearing: > >Warning: arch-independent data dir >(/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/etc/) >does not exist. > >What's wrong? How to fix that? Maybe the lack of important packages? >Can anyone say which ones? I forgot to say that the installation failed in the end. Well, I can't explain this problem, but: after downloading Emacs-CVS into Mandrake 9.1 I had copied it into my '/mnt/windows' directory, then from there I had copied it into Mandrake 10.1 Community and installed it there. Now, a) I noticed that the 78.5 MB size Emacs-CVS source directory had become 80.2 MB once copied into '/mnt/windows'; b) I removed the Emacs-CVS source directory from Mandrake 10.1, copied it again straight away from Mandrake 9.1 into Mandrake 10.1 and its size kept 78.5, then repeated the installation and this time everything seemed to go well. Now, some more questions. 1) To do daily updates, is it correct to do $ cvs -z3 update -dP from the my downloaded Emacs sources directory?; 2) after updating, shall I do `$ ./configure', `$ make bootstrap' and `# make install' again, or some other commands? I read the INSTALL.CVS file, but this point is not clear to me; 3) after the installation, Emacs came up all white, whereas I like the green colour of Emacs Mandrake default distribution. I couldn't solve the problem with: `M-x list-display-colors'. Can anyone suggest where to find and modify that color setting at one's pleasure? Thanks indeed, cheers, Rodolfo