Hello Anoop, Anoop G <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi All, > > I read the README.md file provided in > http://philjackson.github.com/magit. and found that > > make && *sudo make install* will install the magit.el in > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp this required root access ,but how I > can > install magit in my home directory (/home/anoop/.emacs.d/site- > lisp) *without root permission* ,If I copy magit.el to > /home/anoop/.emacs.d/site-lisp and > put (require 'magit' ) in my .emacs will it work ?. > > Thanks: > Anoop G If you want magit to be in your home folder, simply copy magit to your .emacs.d folder.(you don't do make install) - download the magit tar. - extract files. - move extracted files to .emacs.d (say ~/.emacs.d/magit) - make it now (optional) - put the following in you init file --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/magit") (require 'magit) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- PS: my previous mail didn't hit the list, sending it again. Thanks., -- Yagnesh
