Re[2]: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[keegan afonso]

Hi Jean,

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually got it to install using another 
method. I downloaded an .mxt3 file from the MobaXterm website for Emacs. 
After this, I was able to run it from the terminal, although it is a 
slightly older version (24.3) and I cannot uninstall this. I have 
contacted MobaXterm to check whether it is possible to install the 
latest version.

Regards,
Keegan Afonso

------ Original Message ------
> From "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
To "keegan afonso" <keegan.9377@gmail.com>
Cc help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Date 19-02-2023 18:14:18
Subject Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

> * keegan afonso <keegan.9377@gmail.com> [2023-02-19 12:31]:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install Emacs on MobaXterm using linux. After installing it
> > using the suggested command, I get an error when trying to run it. When I
> > type "emacs" to run it, I get the error: "emacs: command not found"
> > The terminal suggests the command "apt install emacs" to install. When I
> > type this command, I get the error stating "Package emacs is already
> > installed".  I am a beginner and will appreciate any advice.
>
> It may be that Emacs is installed but not in your PATH variable, which
> determines where are those programs to be run.
>
> If you have the command `dpkg' you could try to list the package files
> with:
>
> dpkg -L emacs
>
> and then you can maybe see the full path to executable. It should be
> something like:
>
> /usr/bin/emacs
>
> but it could be different like:
>
> /anything-here/usr/bin/emacs
>
> Once you see that full path to the file, try running it:
>
> /anything-here/usr/bin/emacs
>
> And if that works try:
>
> echo $PATH
>
> do you see the path to Emacs? Normally it should contain /usr/bin/ but
> it can be different on your system.
>
> Then if that is so tha $PATH is not set up properly, you would need to
> set it up in .bashrc or other shell configuration file when you are
> starting terminal.
>
> -- Jean
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