Where is `configure' script in the emacs source tree?

Where is `configure' script in the emacs source tree?

[Navy Cheng]

Hi,
I want to compile and install emacs from the source. So I clone `https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git' to my laptop.

1. git clone https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git
2. cd ./emacs
3. git checkout emacs-24.5
4. git branch -b mybr

I think I get the emacs-24.5 source now. The I read README and INSTALL. In INSTALL:

> 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
>      `configure' script:
>
>		 ./configure

But I can't find configure in the repository. Where is `configure'?

Re: Where is `configure' script in the emacs source tree?

[Tassilo Horn]

Navy Cheng <navych@126.com> writes:

> I want to compile and install emacs from the source. So I clone
> `https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git' to my laptop.
>
> 1. git clone https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git
> 2. cd ./emacs
> 3. git checkout emacs-24.5
> 4. git branch -b mybr
>
> I think I get the emacs-24.5 source now. The I read README and
> INSTALL. In INSTALL:

That's for installing from a release tarball.  Read INSTALL.REPO
instead:

,----
| To use the autotools, run the following shell command to generate the
| 'configure' script and some related files:
| 
|   $ ./autogen.sh
| 
| You can then configure your build as follows:
| 
|   $ ./configure
`----

Bye,
Tassilo

Re: Where is `configure' script in the emacs source tree?

[Glenn Morris]

Navy Cheng wrote:

> I want to compile and install emacs from the source. So I clone
> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git' to my laptop.
>
> 1. git clone https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git
> 2. cd ./emacs
> 3. git checkout emacs-24.5
> 4. git branch -b mybr
>
> I think I get the emacs-24.5 source now.

BTW, if you just want the 24.5 source, it's less work to get it from
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-24.5.tar.xz .
Smaller download, pre-built .elc files, includes configure script, etc.

Re: Where is `configure' script in the emacs source tree?

[Maurizio Vitale]

when you clone the repo you have to run autogen.sh, which among other
things will generate configure from configure.ac
the directions you're following are good for released tarballs, which came
w/ a pre-generated configure script.
you should be able to find instructions on how to compile out of a cloned
repository.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Norbert Melzer <timmelzer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Navy Cheng <navych@126.com> Wrote in message:
> > Hi,
> > I want to compile and install emacs from the source. So I clone `
> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git' to my laptop.
> >
> > 1. git clone https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs.git
> > 2. cd ./emacs
> > 3. git checkout emacs-24.5
> > 4. git branch -b mybr
> >
> > I think I get the emacs-24.5 source now. The I read README and INSTALL.
> In INSTALL:
> >
> >> 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
> >>      `configure' script:
> >>
> >>               ./configure
> >
> > But I can't find configure in the repository. Where is `configure'?
> >
> >
> >
>
> When building from git you have
> to follow (INSTALL.REPO)[https://g
> ithub.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/INSTALL.REPO]
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