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How can I install emacs on Xubuntu , the command:

sudo apt-get install

doesn't work

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to clarify sudo apt-get install emacs does what? what terminal output do you see? Which version of xubuntu are you using? – fossfreedom♦ Mar 6 '12 at 12:57
It doesn't appear if i write sudo apt-get install e and then with tab there is no emacs – 0x90 Mar 6 '12 at 12:58
Try pressing tab twice in rapid succession. It will ask you something like "Display all 564 possibilities? (y or n)". Try writing 'sudo apt-get install emac' and then press tab. – bessman Mar 6 '12 at 13:13
didn't work, never mind switched to UBUNTU – 0x90 Mar 6 '12 at 13:18
Apparently you did not have tab completion enabled for apt-get. You should be able to fix that with sudo apt-get install bash-completion. – tripleee Jan 23 at 8:40

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One way to find out is navigate to the following URL in a browser:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

try your search there, of course you will need to select the appropriate version your using. This should give you a brief answer if the package is included for your version of ubuntu.

Another easy way is to search on your local system if emacs is available in the PPA

  • Open a command line terminal by issuing Ctrl-Alt-T or searching for terminal in the Dash and type

             #sudo apt-get update
         #apt-cache search emacs

This will search all of the packages in the ppa for the words emacs in the title.

According to my response theres a few packages available.

emacs - The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
emacs-goodies-el - Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs
emacs23 - The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface)
emacs23-bin-common - The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture dependent files
emacs23-common - The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture independent infrastructure
emacs23-el - GNU Emacs LISP (.el) files
emacs23-nox - The GNU Emacs editor (without X support)

So essentially you could try to 

#sudo apt-get install

any of the above packages.

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sudo apt-get install emacs

should do the trick.

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Xubuntu includes the Synaptic Package Manager by default. Please go to the menu, System, Synaptic Package Manager, and search on EMACS. It will guide you to the correct applications.

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