Re: Ubuntu synaptic - which packages to install

[Daniel Pittman]

"Graham Smith" <myotisone@gmail.com> writes:

> Silly question really, but there seems to be several choices of what
> to install. I have been using Emacs on Win and the Mac, so would
> prefer the version with the toolbar, There is a "metapackage" option,
> which is tempting as it suggests it will install everything, but if
> some one is familiar with the ubuntu synaptic offerings I would
> appreciate a bit of guidance.
>
> I will also be installing auctex and ESS, which I see are both
> available via synaptic.

emacs22-gtk, or emacs-snapshot-gtk, although you probably want to pull
in a number of the other packages containing bundled elisp code.

I prefer emacs-snapshot-gtk, which has the Xft font support compiled in
for Hardy or later, making for a much nicer display.

Regards,
        Daniel