Install emacs on Linux

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.
>
> Look for the emacs-*mdk.i586.rpm package and install that
> first/concurrently.

for Mandrake 8.1, ithe base rpm should be
emacs-el-20.7-17mdk.i586.rpm