When I looked for an Emacs22 package for Debian Etch, I found that the regular Debian backports Web site at http://www.backports.org/ does not include a backport of this package.
(The reason I looked for this version of Emacs was because of its network connection support by means of ELISP functions like make-network-process and open-network-stream. It also has a cua mode, which allows you to use the now-standard C-x, C-c and C-v key combinations for the standard operations.) Today I found that the Emacs Wiki Web site has a page about exactly this subject: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/OnDebianEtch Following directions, Emacs22 was successfully installed and made the default. Details are as follows. 1. I worked as root, so I used the following to authenticate the package source hype.sourceforge.jp/f: # wget http://hype.sourceforge.jp/f/A7F20B7E.gpg -O- | apt-key add - 2. As directed, I added the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://hype.sourceforge.jp/f etch backports deb-src http://hype.sourceforge.jp/f etch backports 3. I used aptitude (rather than the various apt-get commands recommended by the aforementioned Web page). As usual, it complains when activated for the first time after adding another source. I restarted it, and the complaint went away. When running update, aptitude recommended that several packages (for example, PHP5 related ones) be upgraded. I blocked everything by the F command (Forbid Upgrade), and selected the Emacs22 packages. aptitude informed about a buffer overflow error, which was already fixed in the Debian Lenny version of Emacs22. I allowed it to be installed. Installation proceeded without further incidents. 4. After installation, I checked which version of emacs is in effect using: # update-alternatives --display emacs Since I found it to be pointing at /usr/bin/emacs22-x rather than /usr/bin/emacs21-x, no further action was needed. --- Omer -- MCSE - acronym for Minesweeper Consultant & Solitaire Expert. (Unknown) My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
