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First, I tried installing the latest emacs-nox, but that did not work.

Then, I added -nw to my ~/.bash_aliases, which works in most cases, except when I need to run sudo emacs [file] I still get emacs with X. Furthermore, when I set my git editor to emacs, and run git commit -a, emacs with X pops up. How do I disable X globally, so I don't have to go around adding -nw to every possible configuration?

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  • Why not use sudo emacs -nw [file[?
    – waltinator
    Apr 8, 2015 at 12:49
  • Because I hate typing. On 12.04, I used to be able to just type sudo emacs [file]
    – Ann Kilzer
    Apr 8, 2015 at 15:21
  • So this is incredibly frustrating. I tried to clarify a question with disabling X support, noting that it didn't work with sudo. Then, I was asked to post it as a separate question. Now, that separate question gets flagged as duplicate.
    – Ann Kilzer
    Apr 8, 2015 at 15:23
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    This is different than "Aliases not available when using sudo" because I'm really looking for an answer on why emacs-nox doesn't work out of the box.
    – Ann Kilzer
    Apr 8, 2015 at 15:24
  • Well, turns out I didn't properly remove xemacs. apt-get remove emacs didn't clean up the right one, but adding * to the end of that command solved everything. So not sure this question is even helpful anymore.
    – Ann Kilzer
    Apr 8, 2015 at 20:14

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So far I've had success making bash aliases for emacs and sudo. Edit your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.bash_aliases if you use that) to include the following:

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
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