Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[keegan afonso]

Hi,

I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux. After installing 
it using the suggested command, I get an error when trying to run it. 
When I type "emacs" to run it, I get the error: "emacs: command not 
found"
The terminal suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install. When I 
type this command, I get the error stating "Package emacs is already 
installed".  I am a beginner and will appreciate any advice.

Regards,
Keegan

Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Jean Louis]

* keegan afonso <keegan.9377@gmail.com> [2023-02-19 12:31]:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux. After installing it
> using the suggested command, I get an error when trying to run it. When I
> type "emacs" to run it, I get the error: "emacs: command not found"
> The terminal suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install. When I
> type this command, I get the error stating "Package emacs is already
> installed".  I am a beginner and will appreciate any advice.

It may be that Emacs is installed but not in your PATH variable, which
determines where are those programs to be run.

If you have the command `dpkg' you could try to list the package files
with:

dpkg -L emacs

and then you can maybe see the full path to executable. It should be
something like:

/usr/bin/emacs

but it could be different like:

/anything-here/usr/bin/emacs

Once you see that full path to the file, try running it:

/anything-here/usr/bin/emacs

And if that works try:

echo $PATH

do you see the path to Emacs? Normally it should contain /usr/bin/ but
it can be different on your system.

Then if that is so tha $PATH is not set up properly, you would need to
set it up in .bashrc or other shell configuration file when you are
starting terminal.

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Jean

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Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Emanuel Berg]

Jean Louis wrote:

>> I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux.
>> After installing it using the suggested command, I get an
>> error when trying to run it. When I type "emacs" to run it,
>> I get the error: "emacs: command not found" The terminal
>> suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install.
>> When I type this command, I get the error stating "Package
>> emacs is already installed". I am a beginner and will
>> appreciate any advice.
>
> It may be that Emacs is installed but not in your PATH
> variable, which determines where are those programs to
> be run.
>
> If you have the command `dpkg' you could try to list the
> package files with:
>
> dpkg -L emacs

Good idea, here are a bunch of other commands that are maybe
helpful, you can use them in bash as well, maybe.

  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/apt

-- 
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Re[2]: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[keegan afonso]

Hi Jean,

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually got it to install using another 
method. I downloaded an .mxt3 file from the MobaXterm website for Emacs. 
After this, I was able to run it from the terminal, although it is a 
slightly older version (24.3) and I cannot uninstall this. I have 
contacted MobaXterm to check whether it is possible to install the 
latest version.

Regards,
Keegan Afonso

------ Original Message ------
From "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
To "keegan afonso" <keegan.9377@gmail.com>
Cc help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Date 19-02-2023 18:14:18
Subject Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

>* keegan afonso <keegan.9377@gmail.com> [2023-02-19 12:31]:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux. After installing it
>>using the suggested command, I get an error when trying to run it. When I
>>type "emacs" to run it, I get the error: "emacs: command not found"
>>The terminal suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install. When I
>>type this command, I get the error stating "Package emacs is already
>>installed".  I am a beginner and will appreciate any advice.
>
>It may be that Emacs is installed but not in your PATH variable, which
>determines where are those programs to be run.
>
>If you have the command `dpkg' you could try to list the package files
>with:
>
>dpkg -L emacs
>
>and then you can maybe see the full path to executable. It should be
>something like:
>
>/usr/bin/emacs
>
>but it could be different like:
>
>/anything-here/usr/bin/emacs
>
>Once you see that full path to the file, try running it:
>
>/anything-here/usr/bin/emacs
>
>And if that works try:
>
>echo $PATH
>
>do you see the path to Emacs? Normally it should contain /usr/bin/ but
>it can be different on your system.
>
>Then if that is so tha $PATH is not set up properly, you would need to
>set it up in .bashrc or other shell configuration file when you are
>starting terminal.
>
>-- Jean
>
>Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns:
>https://www.fsf.org/campaigns
>
>In support of Richard M. Stallman
>https://stallmansupport.org/

Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Jean Louis]

* keegan afonso <keegan.9377@gmail.com> [2023-02-19 17:05]:
> Thanks for the suggestion. I actually got it to install using another
> method. I downloaded an .mxt3 file from the MobaXterm website for Emacs.
> After this, I was able to run it from the terminal, although it is a
> slightly older version (24.3) and I cannot uninstall this. I have contacted
> MobaXterm to check whether it is possible to install the latest
> version.

Good for you.

Anyway, we do not support proprietary software on this mailing list.

-- 
Jean

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Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[cheyrn via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

On Sunday, February 19, 2023 7:03 AM, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:  

>
>     * keegan afonso <keegan.9377@gmail.com> [2023-02-19 17:05]:
>     > Thanks for the suggestion. I actually got it to install using another
>     > method. I downloaded an .mxt3 file from the MobaXterm website for
> Emacs.
>     > After this, I was able to run it from the terminal, although it is a
>     > slightly older version (24.3) and I cannot uninstall this. I have
> contacted
>     > MobaXterm to check whether it is possible to install the latest
>     > version.
>  
>     Good for you.
>  
>     Anyway, we do not support proprietary software on this mailing list.  
>     >

I don't think emacs is proprietary software. Mobaxterm seems to be a packaging
of cygwin.  

  

If the mxt3 file uses cygwin, emacs might be able to be uninstalled via cygwin
package manager.  

  

Windows now supports Linux natively, however. So, one could for example,
install Ubuntu instead of cygwin and you would get a more recent version of
emacs available to you via apt package manager, under Ubuntu. The Ubuntu
community tends to be friendly and helpful.  

  

Kendall

Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Jean Louis]

https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/license.html
Mobaxterm is proprietary software. I understand they sell it by promoting how it run Emacs and other free software. I find it unfair personally. 

On GNU mailing lists we don't steer users to non free software.

Sorry for your feelings. Try to learn about it on GNU website.


Jean

Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Thibaut Verron]

Hi,


> I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux.


What do you mean exactly? MobaXterm is a terminal emulator for Windows, it
doesn't provide any compatibility with Linux apps. As far as I can tell, if
used to connect to the local computer, it is just another front for a cmd
prompt.

You're probably doing something different than I am, because from there,
things like apt install would just answer "unrecognized program".


> After installing
> it using the suggested command


What command was that?

Best wishes,
Thibaut