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authorGlenn Morris2014-10-14 19:42:58 -0700
committerGlenn Morris2014-10-14 19:42:58 -0700
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1GNU Emacs Installation Guide 1GNU Emacs Installation Guide
2Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2014 Free Software Foundation, 2Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3Inc.
4See the end of the file for license conditions. 3See the end of the file for license conditions.
5 4
6 5
@@ -34,9 +33,9 @@ some of the steps manually. The more detailed description in the other
34sections of this guide will help you do that, so please refer to those 33sections of this guide will help you do that, so please refer to those
35sections if you need to. 34sections if you need to.
36 35
37 1. Unpacking the Emacs 24.1 release requires about 180 MB of free 36 1. Unpacking the Emacs 24 release requires about 200 MB of free
38 disk space. Building Emacs uses about another 70 MB of space. 37 disk space. Building Emacs uses about another 200 MB of space.
39 The final installed Emacs uses about 110 MB of disk space. 38 The final installed Emacs uses about 150 MB of disk space.
40 This includes the space-saving that comes from automatically 39 This includes the space-saving that comes from automatically
41 compressing the Lisp source files on installation. 40 compressing the Lisp source files on installation.
42 41
@@ -212,20 +211,7 @@ DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION:
212see msdos/INSTALL. For later versions of MS Windows, see the file 211see msdos/INSTALL. For later versions of MS Windows, see the file
213nt/INSTALL. For GNUstep and Mac OS X, see nextstep/INSTALL.) 212nt/INSTALL. For GNUstep and Mac OS X, see nextstep/INSTALL.)
214 213
2151) Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle 2141) See the basic installation summary above for the disk space requirements.
216a program whose pure code is 1.5 MB and whose data area is at
217least 2.8 MB and can reach 100 MB or more. If the swapping space is
218insufficient, you will get an error in the command `temacs -batch -l
219loadup dump', found in `./src/Makefile.in', or possibly when
220running the final dumped Emacs. (This should not be an issue
221on any recent system.)
222
223Building Emacs requires about 230 MB of disk space (including the
224Emacs sources). Once installed, Emacs occupies about 120 MB in the file
225system where it is installed; this includes the executable files, Lisp
226libraries, miscellaneous data files, and on-line documentation. If
227the building and installation take place in different directories,
228then the installation procedure momentarily requires 230+120 MB.
229 215
2302) In the unlikely event that `configure' does not detect your system 2162) In the unlikely event that `configure' does not detect your system
231type correctly, consult `./etc/MACHINES' to see what --host, --build 217type correctly, consult `./etc/MACHINES' to see what --host, --build
@@ -264,8 +250,7 @@ Gtk or Motif, if you have the Xaw3d library installed (see
264"Image support libraries" above for Xaw3d availability). 250"Image support libraries" above for Xaw3d availability).
265 251
266You can tell configure where to search for GTK by giving it the 252You can tell configure where to search for GTK by giving it the
267argument PKG_CONFIG='/full/name/of/pkg-config'. GTK version 2.6 or 253argument PKG_CONFIG='/full/name/of/pkg-config'.
268newer is required for Emacs.
269 254
270Emacs will autolaunch a D-Bus session bus, when the environment 255Emacs will autolaunch a D-Bus session bus, when the environment
271variable DISPLAY is set, but no session bus is running. This might be 256variable DISPLAY is set, but no session bus is running. This might be