Re: help(newbie): emacs20 install
> MCV> I think the problem is partly that you're trying to
> MCV> install emacs19 and emacs20: this will make things unhappy.
> MCV> Purge one or the other. Installing the emacs20-el package
> MCV> should created those files your lacking.
>
> I've purged both emacs19 and emacs20 and corisponding -el's
> (Since xemacs20 works, I didn't touch it.)
> Then --install emacs20,
> again, it failed at
> "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup.el missing"
> Then I tried --install emacs20-el,
> but this depends on emacs20, so have not been succeed, yet.
Hmm... try --configure emacs20....
I seem to recall trying --configure on both emacs20, emacs20-el and gnus
several times, and it all sorted itself out eventually. Inelegant, but
there you go...
Matthew
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