Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:

> On 08/09/2007, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> > From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
>> > Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:51:45 +0200
>> >
>> > How about actually reading the messages configure gives you?  It tells
>> > you about every single development library it can't find and/or use.
>> >
>> > And would it really be hard to imagine that without X11 development
>> > libraries you won't get X11 support?
>>
>> He asked for help.  He's obviously not an experienced tinkerer.
>
> Admitted, I'm coming across as a dummy. I am.
> But then I'm sure David needed the dummies guide at one time.

Be careful what you are sure about.  When I started computing, there
were no dummy guides.  Before being able to boot my first computer
(which I soldered together myself with a "kit"), I had to design and
solder a floppy controller, write the bootstrap loader, write the
BIOS.

If you are going to compile Emacs yourself, you better read the
instructions for doing so.  If you don't see that you understand them
or don't want to invest the time until you do, it would likely be
easier if you just installed a precompiled version of Emacs 22.1 from
Gutsy instead.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum