
How do I download the command-line emacs instead of the GUI …
That would be emacs-nox I believe. This is the meta-package that currently points to emacs24-nox. Description: The GNU Emacs editor (without X support) So, just as before but with that package: sudo apt-get install emacs-nox or alternatively. sudo apt-get install emacs24-nox
Difference between emacs and emacs-lucid packages - Ask Ubuntu
Mar 20, 2016 · emacs without suffix is the GTK+ version of Emacs; emacs-nox with the -nox suffix is the emacs version without the X server support. emacs-lucid with the -lucid suffix includes the Emacs with a Lucid user interface. Now the question is "What is the Lucid interface?" Certainly the package description isn't helpful in this case.
package management - Emacs, which to use? - Ask Ubuntu
Mar 15, 2014 · emacs23-nox is the same, but without any graphical support. If you're installing Emacs onto a server or other environment that lacks an X window system, you should fetch this version instead. If you're installing Emacs onto a server or other environment that lacks an X window system, you should fetch this version instead.
installation - How do I install the latest version of EMACS and pick ...
If you prefer to keep the editing in the terminal window ( of course, you can just run M-x ansi-term and do your terminal work inside an emacs buffer ), you can add -t to the emacsclient command and it will open a new emacs frame on that terminal so you can do your editing in the terminal, but still have access to all of your other buffers, the ...
apt - Emacs installation fails on Ubuntu 20.04 - Ask Ubuntu
May 10, 2020 · Thanks everyone for good hints, after trying several things, the problem was solved after I purged all emacs* packages: sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends emacs emacs-common ... installed all emacs* packages except emacs and emacs-gtk using: apt-get download <package> sudo dpkg -i --force-depends <package_file>
sudo - Disable X support for emacs globally - Ask Ubuntu
Apr 8, 2015 · alias emacs="emacs -nw" alias sudo="sudo " I'm still disappointed that the latest emacs-nox doesn't just work out of the box. Update: I found I had not properly removed the old version of emacs. Make sure when you run the remove command, you include the *: apt-get remove emacs* apt-get install emacs23-nox
apt - Broken Emacs26 Installation - Ask Ubuntu
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The Ctrl space does not set mark in Emacs - Ask Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and use fvwm as the windows manager. The Ctrl+space does not set mark in Emacs. It seems that Ctrl+Space does nothing. I use Ctrl+Alt + F2 to go to the console, and Emacs works correctly there. If I use the Ubuntu default windows manager, emacs also works correctly. Does anyone have ideas what could be wrong? Thank you ...
emacs installation broke my apt and dpkg system - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 10, 2022 · dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs-nox: emacs-nox depends on emacs25-nox; however ...
sudo apt purge emacs* removed ubuntu-desktop, shotwell etc
Sep 30, 2019 · I wanted to do a fresh install of emacs so I tried to uninstall everything related to emacs using: sudo apt purge emacs* Here is the output: $ sudo apt purge emacs* Reading package lists...