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I quickly >> started running into installation of large numbers of other dependencies >> that looked like they would require too much overwriting of system >> libraries. > > Not really: those dependencies are "-dev" named packages that are used > _only_ for building software. These don't overwrite system libraries. > > Of course you also must install the tools to build emacs (compiler etc), > but I don't recall that the dependencies of those were problematic or > much different from the dependencies of other software. And the package > manager of the OS always ensures that all installed packages have acceptable > versions of libraries installed. > > First and foremost it's important that you understand what you are > doing. If you don't have a good feeling, don't do it. Yeah, I retired 10 years ago and I'm out of practice... I think I'll look into the snap install of Emacs 28.2. It's a step... -- David Masterson