emacs-gtk2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "emacs-gtk2" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install emacs-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S emacs-gtk2

* (Optional) Uninstall emacs-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns emacs-gtk2

2. Manually Install "emacs-gtk2" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone emacs-gtk2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/emacs-gtk2.git ~/emacs-gtk2

c. Go to ~/emacs-gtk2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/emacs-gtk2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the emacs-gtk2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 663368
Name: emacs-gtk2
PackageBaseID: 62398
PackageBase: emacs-gtk2
Version: 26.3-1
Description: The extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 6.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1346355782
LastModified: 1572946352
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emacs-gtk2.tar.gz