Install emacs on Linux

[David A. Sinck]

\_ SMTP quoth Robert Bushman on 6/30/2002 20:26 as having spake thusly:
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\_ On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, David A. Sinck wrote:
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\_ > \_ SMTP quoth Mark Moynahan on 6/30/2002 01:16 as having spake thusly:
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\_ > \_ I've just installed linux(Mandrake 8.1) and I'm trying to get emacs
\_ > \_ installed. Disk 2 of Mandrake 8.1 is in the cdrom and accessible. When I run
\_ > \_ this command 'rpm -ivh emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm' I get this error
\_ > \_ message 'error: failed dependencies: emacs is needed by
\_ > \_ emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm'. Any suggestions on how to get Emacs
\_ > \_ installed would be greatly appreciated.
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\_ > Look for the emacs-*mdk.i586.rpm package and install that
\_ > first/concurrently.
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\_ for Mandrake 8.1, ithe base rpm should be
\_ emacs-el-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm

Err....sure?  Usually (in RH, at least) the -el- is for emacs-lisp
files which you don't really need as an average user.  My guess is
that the base package would be emacs-20.7-17mdk.i586.  

FWIW, on my rh7.2 system I have:

emacs-20.7-41-i386
emacs-nox-20.7-41-i386
emacs-el-20.7-41-i386
emacs-X11-20.7-41-i386


David