\_ SMTP quoth Lynn David Newton on 6/30/2002 06:44 as having spake thusly:
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\_   Mark> I've just installed linux(Mandrake 8.1) and I'm
\_   Mark> trying to get emacs installed. Disk 2 of
\_   Mark> Mandrake 8.1 is in the cdrom and accessible.
\_   Mark> When I run this command 'rpm -ivh
\_   Mark> emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm' I get this error
\_   Mark> message 'error: failed dependencies: emacs is
\_   Mark> needed by emacs-X11-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm'. Any
\_   Mark> suggestions on how to get Emacs installed would
\_   Mark> be greatly appreciated.
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\_ You might just try building and installing it from
\_ source. I don't know exactly where to get GNU Emacs.

Google wins again:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html

David