Re: How to install several Emacs versions on the same system?

[Oleh Krehel]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm on GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1, but I'd like to have an older Emacs
> installed, too.  What is the fastest way to achive that?  (I would
> prefer to compile from source - I have the Git repository anyway, though
> only shallow clone, but I can clone the whole thing, too.)

I've soft-linked:

- /usr/local/bin/emacs to /usr/local/bin/emacs-24.5
- /usr/local/bin/newemacs to /home/oleh/git/gnu-emacs/src/emacs

This way I always have access to the newest git version with only "make"
(no "make install"). And also to the latest stable version in case the
git version breaks.

As for the Git repository, currently it's 742M in the compiled
state. I'm sure the download amount is much less.

    Oleh