Re: Lightweight Emacs for container?
On 6 May 2024 16:19 -0400, from monnier@iro.umontreal.ca (Stefan Monnier):
>> Is there some package, or a simple workaround, that will allow me to use
>> a basic Emacs without all the cruft?
>
> I think the usual answers look like:
>
> - Use Zile (or some other small Emacs-inspired editor).
mg and jove might be other alternatives; all of these appear to have
minimal dependencies.
On a fairly small Bookworm installation (standard and ssh-server tasks
installed, and otherwise out-of-the-box):
# apt-get -s install zile
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libgee-0.8-2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgee-0.8-2 zile
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst libgee-0.8-2 (0.20.6-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
Inst zile (2.6.2-2+b1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
Conf libgee-0.8-2 (0.20.6-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
Conf zile (2.6.2-2+b1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
# apt-get -s install mg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mg
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst mg (20221112-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
Conf mg (20221112-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
# apt-get -s install jove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
aspell ctags | emacs-bin-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
jove
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst jove (4.17.5.1-2 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
Conf jove (4.17.5.1-2 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64])
#
You could also try with --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
to apt-get install; but there's no denying that present-day Emacs is
fairly heavy-weight.
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