Pretty Emacs: Compile guide for unsupported platforms

If you are using a platform other than a i386, you will need to compile my Emacs packages yourself. So, here a simple guide how to do this.

1. Download the source package with:

   apt-get source emacs-snapshot
   

2. Install the build-dependencies and some packaging tools:

   sudo apt-get build-dep emacs-snapshot
   sudo apt-get install devscripts fakeroot

3. Go in the package’s source directory:

   cd emacs-snapshot*

4. Build it (take about 30 minutes):

   debuild -rfakeroot

5. Finally, install the newly built packages:

   cd ..
   sudo dpkg -i emacs-snapshot-common*.deb
   sudo dpkg -i emacs-snapshot-el*.deb
   sudo dpkg -i emacs-snapshot-bin-common*.deb
   sudo dpkg -i emacs-snapshot-gtk*.deb

Syndicated 2007-04-14 02:23:03 from Alexandre Vassalotti