> From: help-emacs-windows-bounces+f.j.wright=qmul.ac...@gnu.org > [mailto:help-emacs-windows-bounces+f.j.wright=qmul.ac...@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of Tahsin Çagri Sisman > Sent: Thursday 29 January 2009 9:53 am > To: help-emacs-windows@gnu.org > Subject: [h-e-w] Installation problem with 22.2 and 22.3 > > I have installed emacs version 22.3, 22.2 and 21.3 (I install all > three, since I am not successful for the first two version) by > following the steps given below: > 1- Download emacs-2X.X-bin-i386.zip (.tar.gz file for 21.3) from > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ > 2- Add HOME as an environment variable by: > Start->Settings->Control Panel-> System, afterwards selecting > "Advanced" and then "Environment Variables", and finally adding HOME > as a user variable with its value "C:\Documents and Settings\tahsin" > 3- Restart the computer
I've never found this necessary. > 4- Extract .zip file with 7zip under "C:\Program Files\" folder > where a folder named "emacs-2X.X" created. The common factor in your failed attempts appears to be that you installed from a .zip file (rather than a .tar.gz file). Maybe 7zip is messing up the zip extraction. I use Windows' built in zip facilities: double-click the zip archive and select "Extract all files" from the task pane or File menu in Explorer. I also install into C:\NTEmacs\. This works for me on both XP and Vista. Installing programs ported from Unix into a path containing spaces may cause problems (as may installing into "Program Files" on Vista, for other reasons). Good luck! Francis
