> Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:16:36 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jason Self <js...@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] Installing Programs that are not in the > Repos . > To: gnewsense-users@nongnu.org > Message-ID: <1269612996.3...@gnu.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Can i install programs that are not in the repos ? . How will I do > > > it . For instance the version of emacs that is available in the > > > default repos is emacs v22.1 , but after visiting the emacs's webpage > > > i found that version 23.1 was out . So is there a way for me to > > > install this (emacs v23.1) in my comp running gNewSense 2.3 . > > > > Of course, you can use or a .deb package or compiling the source code > > of the program that you want install. If you search on > > Google "How to install tar.gz or tar.bz files" you can found how do it. > > In addition, I believe that the upcoming version of gNewSense (version 3.0, > code-named metad, based on Debian Squeeze) already has that version of Emacs > in > the repository, assuming that you feel up to running gNS 3.) > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________
Is gNs 3 stable enough for a normal user to install and run ? . I want to try installing emacs 23.1 from tar.gz file since I have already downloaded it . -- R.Siddharth. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
