Right, let’s get down to it. I’m installing emacs-30.1 from source, using one of the official mirrors. Now, I know some folks would say, “Why not just grab it from the repositories?”—and, sure, that’s the easy road. But if you want the latest and greatest, or you’re after a bit of fine-tuning, building from source is the way to go.
Actually getting Emacs up and running from source on a fresh Trisquel system is trickier than it ought to be. The release notes and INSTALL file are all well and good, but they don’t exactly hand you a ready-made recipe for Trisquel 11 - no simple, copy-paste commands to pull in all the right dependencies You end up playing detective, piecing it together from hints and half-answers. It would be something if Trisquel could provide a straightforward way for users to install the dependencies for the latest development release. Just a clear set of steps, tailored for the distro, so we're not left scratching our head hard or chasing missing packages for days. It's not just Emacs, either. The same goes for GCC and any other bit of kit you might want to build yourself. A bit of coordination between the Emacs team and Trisquel maintainers could save everyone a lot of grief - especially those new to the game. As it stands, there are simply too many stumbling blocks. If we want people to actually use the tools we're building, we ought to make it just a bit easier for them to get started. _______________________________________________ Trisquel-devel mailing list [email protected] https://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-devel
