how to install emacs (so many dependencies!)

[karlp at ourldsfamily.com]

On Wed, December 6, 2006 7:35 am, Thomas B. Walter wrote:
>
> I did a bare bones install of RHEL4v4 and now have a request for emacs on
> the machine. Each rpm I attempt to install has dependencies and they have
> dependencies, etc......... a nightmare.
>
> Is there a way to install emacs from the RHEL install or SRPMS that is
> more straightforward? Or another way?

I would recommend using yum because it figures out all the dependencies for you.

yum install emacs*

should do the trick, if it's setup. If not, install yum off the CDs and give
it a try.

Karl


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