From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: getting gnu emacs to run in gui mode Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:41:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332358918 16097 80.91.229.3 (21 Mar 2012 19:41:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Kevin Patrick Barry Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 21 20:41:54 2012 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 1SARPs-0004i6-7h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:41:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60363 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SARPr-0004Re-LH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57755) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SARPn-0004RG-34 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SARPl-00035b-93 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:38827) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SARPl-00035S-2D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:45 -0400 Original-Received: by yenm8 with SMTP id m8so1517715yen.0 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=LkFUtQWuU2H5i7uiYaSa0dj9RfY3vQ3yqP1UUcjxjgo=; b=bYhD4nKXYkW3XYWX4YueKY334r9b9QRq4ffVgMfzEKu0OmLniCPkIEvwbB2yF7jQnT Z3figBUF/76XAZeF5Zjuttjo+jPvPfa8D/6ekXp12aqaBJjSEbcUAU3fwQAiPVOC6ddo EOgEptlUOUTOBq6lJjabPCAfPJGA/r7q635U1zIbrdZ+HZm2bdyJeNsETHSU6kB09EwU yobwqP0e+2S3gEt369l6yx0kRG5v3cIma8kpGDMHtKaPdrAr9QgRjmGDT+D+RxoE4u0g HvBinNQKCHuM/2VQXAIGBy0itp36/XWkLlFUSv308wY23+lxVbhIR2P2bH4ahpAm0VFj BCug== Original-Received: by 10.60.28.33 with SMTP id y1mr1670464oeg.62.1332358902915; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.60.20.104 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: Zupp2vlB9yIFow4Za4WeYdJxkdA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.213.169 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:84078 Archived-At: On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 20:40, suvayu ali wrote: > You don't say the exact emacs package names you installed (I'm > assuming you did not compile it yourself as you didn't say so), but I > have a hunch you only have the emacs-nox package installed. Try > installing the full feature emacs pacakge (its probably named simply > emacs or emacs23)[1]. > > So something like this should work: > > $ sudo apt-get install emacs23 > > [1] Ah sorry you mentioned you compiled it yourself, in that case you need the X development libraries. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.