From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rodolfo Medina Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: [solved] Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:11:11 +0000 Message-ID: <87sic6stcg.fsf_-_@gmail.com> References: <878ue21nkc.fsf@gmail.com> <87fv88q4t5.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428757717 26167 80.91.229.3 (11 Apr 2015 13:08:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:08:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 11 15:08:27 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 1Ygv97-0000Lv-4x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:08:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42659 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygv96-0005lB-9a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:08:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33759) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygv8u-0005l3-3F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:08:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygv8q-0006QC-Rf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:48146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygv8q-0006Lk-Kr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ygv8o-0000Cr-40 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:08:06 +0200 Original-Received: from pa-18-187-118.service.infuturo.it ([151.18.187.118]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:08:06 +0200 Original-Received: from rodolfo.medina by pa-18-187-118.service.infuturo.it with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:08:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 56 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pa-18-187-118.service.infuturo.it User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u7dWo6pDr9QyaUglFzncm9lfoUQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:103645 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > 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 :) Thanks to all who replied. There was really no need to uninstall Emacs from git to taste Emacs from Debian. To do that, as suggested, I did: # aptitude install emacs24 . Then, to start it, $ emacs24 ; whereas, to start Emacs from git, $ emacs Bye Rodolfo