Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 6. Editors

Emacs-24.3

Introduction to Emacs

The Emacs package contains an extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Emacs Dependencies

Optional

X Window System, libjpeg-turbo-1.3.0, libpng-1.6.4, LibTIFF-4.0.3, and libungif

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/emacs

Installation of Emacs

Install Emacs by running the following commands: 


./configure --prefix=/usr         \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
            --with-gif=no         \
            --localstatedir=/var  &&
make bootstrap

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/emacs/24.3

Command Explanations

--with-gif=no: This option is required if libungif is not installed.

--libexecdir=/usr/lib: Place library executables in a Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) location.

--localstatedir=/var: Create game score files in /var/games/emacs instead of /usr/var/games/emacs.

Contents

Installed Programs: ctags, ebrowse, emacs, emacsclient, etags, grep-changelog, and rcs-checkin
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/emacs, /usr/share/emacs, and /var/games/emacs

Short Descriptions

ctags

creates cross-reference tagfile database files for source code.

ebrowse

permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from within emacs.

emacs

is an editor.

emacsclient

attaches an emacs session to an already running emacsserver instance.

etags

is another program to generate source code cross-reference tagfiles.

grep-changelog

prints entries in Change Logs matching various criteria.

rcs-checkin

is a shell script used to check files into RCS.

Last updated on 2013-08-21 18:50:45 -0700