Re: Installing Emacs on MobaXterm

[Emanuel Berg]

Jean Louis wrote:

>> 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

Good idea, here are a bunch of other commands that are maybe
helpful, you can use them in bash as well, maybe.

  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/apt

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