Re: Building 22.1

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:

> "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Done! Built.
>> (But in my /temp directory).
>> It was the missing packages it would seem.
>> Thanks for the hints.
>>
>> What's the 'normal' location for it please?
>> I.e. where should I build it for emacs to be in it's normal home?
>> Ubuntu 7 OS.
>>
>
> This all depends on the outcome you want. 
>
> If you just want a stand alone non-integrated emacs, I'd put it in the
> /usr/local tree.

That makes it hard to get rid of it when installing newer versions or
updating packages.

I don't know why he did not take the feisty-backport version of Emacs
22.1, but if he insists on compiling his own Emacs, I'd recommend
installing with --prefix=/opt/emacs and using xstow for creating
symbolic links into /usr/local.

That makes it reasonably easy to remove this Emacs compilation again
if necessary.  Installing directly into /usr/local makes this much
harder.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum