> -------Original Message------- > From: SAIFI <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [foss] Emacs 28.0.50 'master' available for download > Sent: Jul 20 '20 07:24 > > On Sun, 19 Jul 2020, SAIFI wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020, Ajay kumar Gaddam wrote: > > > >> Warning: arch-dependent data dir > >> '/home/strikr/root/emacs/libexec/emacs/28.0.50/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/': No > >> such file or directory > > > > The installation directory has been set to '/opt/root' for now. > > > > Please extract the package within '/opt/root'. > > > > The URL to download the updated package > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/strikr/files/emacs/ > > > > the steps to setup and extract are, > > ID=$(whoami) > sudo mkdir /opt/root > sudo chown ${ID}:${ID} /opt/root > cd / > xz --decompress /path/to/emacs.tar.xz > tar xvf /path/to/emacs.tar > export PATH=/opt/root/emacs/bin:${PATH} > > > warm regards > Saifi. >
To check whether the installation has happened correctly or not: After exporting the path: 1. whereis emacs 2. which emacs 3. emacs --version thanks Ragini
