I have compiled Emacs 25.0.91.2 with the following commands:       jorge@jorge-HP-G42:~/tmp/emacs-25.0.91$ ./configure       jorge@jorge-HP-G42:~/tmp/emacs-25.0.91$ make -k -j4       jorge@jorge-HP-G42:~/tmp/emacs-25.0.91$ sudo make       prefix=/usr/local/emacs/ install Then in Dired I created relative symlinks to /usr/local/bin/ from each file in /usr/local/emacs/bin.  Then when trying to start the newly installed Emacs, it was missing basic functionality and showed error messages.       $ emacs Warning: arch-dependent data dir       '/usr/local/libexec/emacs/25.0.91/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/': No       such file or directory Warning: Lisp directory       '/usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.91/lisp': No such file or directory       Warning: Could not find simple.el or simple.elc I have successfully worked around the problem by creating the following symlinks:     /usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.91 -> ../../emacs/share/emacs/25.0.91     /usr/local/libexec -> emacs/libexec I have attach the terminal output (compressed with xz) when Emacs was built.  I have compressed the directory where I compiled Emacs, and I can provide it if you want it. Regards In GNU Emacs 25.0.91.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.6)  of 2016-02-20 built on jorge-HP-G42 Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11702000 System Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 Important settings:   value of $LC_CTYPE: pt_BR.UTF-8   value of $LC_MONETARY: pt_BR.UTF-8   value of $LC_NUMERIC: pt_BR.UTF-8   value of $LC_TIME: pt_BR.UTF-8   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Info Minor modes in effect:   shell-dirtrack-mode: t   savehist-mode: t   window-numbering-mode: t   display-time-mode: t   show-paren-mode: t   tooltip-mode: t   global-eldoc-mode: t   electric-indent-mode: t   mouse-wheel-mode: t   menu-bar-mode: t   file-name-shadow-mode: t   global-font-lock-mode: t   font-lock-mode: t   blink-cursor-mode: t   auto-composition-mode: t   auto-encryption-mode: t   auto-compression-mode: t   buffer-read-only: t   size-indication-mode: t   column-number-mode: t   line-number-mode: t   transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: Starting new Ispell process /usr/bin/aspell with pt_BR dictionary... Mark set Saving file /home/jorge/org/saúde/registro-dia.org... Delete excess backup versions of /home/jorge/org/saúde/registro- dia.org? (y or n) y Wrote /home/jorge/org/saúde/registro-dia.org Type C-x 1 to delete the help window. Making completion list... 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