From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to install several Emacs versions on the same system? Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:26:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d1wysb0w.fsf@mbork.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443728841 5750 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2015 19:47:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 01 21:47:12 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 1Zhjou-0004fN-37 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:47:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55790 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhjot-000745-Fu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52558) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhjVd-0002gy-2p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhjVb-0003V1-Od for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:27:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::232]:34750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhjVb-0003Uv-HB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:27:15 -0400 Original-Received: by obbda8 with SMTP id da8so66039313obb.1 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:27:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=PFSS72W0Zk3WuFC6gVqLcQMr3s5TRHVq0p/mNajapOM=; b=sen/MlbI+4oJKSl+vG56JLi4hlFa4wA9uIk8+35pMOxFYG6vGDYEb9Tyq1y564Rydf WFrqswCL83nCv4t2e8gc0i/zR3Sh8LGlcvAqAA1fSGKZVQP1d3MI0nuxApO5gu5RSCyv nVvIjZddfuDVKeez6IssVtNTqx+1TNFPwmSIHQ2NjhPUGaEv6KMA0+DN6DKtTKiw57u6 g8hbfepM8cyl+avHafYe5smtCAjcMqLmRqHKcU9+En3pjmpB3SfTiFTRL7MAAmCcTKMw h51FIS9nP3uHbnWYaKvUvxMeTaT0O2weT+jjDn8R3O29FaxVlEDa1kL2eXKIbLS7cYIL qBZQ== X-Received: by 10.182.219.131 with SMTP id po3mr6895970obc.39.1443727635020; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.202.172.205 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:26:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d1wysb0w.fsf@mbork.pl> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::232 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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:107436 Archived-At: I use this script to install the different versions of emacs on the same machine without root access: https://gist.github.com/kaushalmodi/8a39c21bf32ae5e4e31b There's another little script (work proprietary) using which I update the PATH, MANPATH and INFOPATH env vars. I then set up version specific directories/files for stuff like elpa/, custom.el, etc in my emacs config: https://github.com/search?type=Code&q=extension:el+user:kaushalmodi+emacs-version-short -- Kaushal Modi On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm on GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1, but I'd like to have an older Emacs > installed, too. What is the fastest way to achive that? (I would > prefer to compile from source - I have the Git repository anyway, though > only shallow clone, but I can clone the whole thing, too.) > > TIA, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski > http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski > Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science > Adam Mickiewicz University > >