From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:07:18 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87fv88q4t5.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <878ue21nkc.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428620719 10293 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2015 23:05:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:05:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 10 01:05:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YgLVf-000241-2Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:05:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36893 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgLVe-0002Wi-7V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:05:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JiJHq05VKwlUobvPnEhpzczaxyQ= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211333 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103615 Archived-At: Bob Proulx writes: > Or you could simply try the Debian one without > uninstalling your version. When you compile from git > sources and 'make install' it will install emacs > into /usr/local/bin/emacs. Since PATH includes > /usr/local/bin ahead of /usr/bin calling emacs calls > your locally compiled binary first. > > To avoid this you can simply call the system > packaged version directly. You can do this even with > your locally compiled one installed in > /usr/local/bin. > > /usr/bin/emacs > > Calling it specifically by that path will invoke the > system packaged version. You can verify this by > looking at the emacs version. The version is usually > displayed near the bottom of the start up splash > screen. If not (I customize mine away) you can ask > it directly. > > M-x emacs-version > > If you have customizations in your dot emacs file > you can test the stock system configuration with the > -q option. The -q option instructs emacs not to load > an init file. > > /usr/bin/emacs -q Because of Jorge's smokescreens I got the impression that I couldn't see the OP either, but now when I read it this is the best answer. Mine is still correct in principle tho :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573