Hey! I’m trying to figure out how to install the latest version of emacs that was recently released. sudo dnf install emacs
installs the previous version which isn’t what I want .
Welcome to Fedora @marcc
Unfortunately within 3 days we do not get new packages for such a recent version.
If you really want to use the newest version you might want to install it manually:
GNU Emacs download - GNU Project
Here you can see the status of the newest packages:
Thanks!
Seems that’s the way to go then. However, I’m not sure how to install it with the native GTK support. I’ll browse around and see if I find something.
I’ve been using this script. Change the prefix to install where you want it.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
IFS=$'\n\t'
#
# Build emacs 29 similarly to the current emacs 28 installed via flatpack in Fedora
#
# Don't forget to byte-recompile-directory all packages if you're moving to a
# new emacs executable, or the packages will hallucinate when loaded. A failsafe
# way to do that is either delete your elpaca or straight directory (if you use
# these) or if you have your configuration in version control, nuke your local
# emacs.d and clone it again (although you would lose all history and things
# that are not under version control).
#
# This script is designed to run from inside of a local emacs git checkout.
#
sudo dnf builddep -y emacs
sudo dnf install -y libtree-sitter-devel wxBase-devel wxGTK3-devel libwebp-devel
CC='CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer
LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro gcc'
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig
make distclean
make uninstall
git checkout emacs-29
git pull
git reset --hard HEAD # Remove all local changes to tracked files
./autogen.sh
./configure \
--prefix=$HOME/.local \
--without-pop \
--with-mailutils \
--with-pgtk \
--without-x \
--with-xwidgets \
--with-cairo \
--without-compress-install \
--with-native-compilation \
--with-json \
--with-dbus \
--with-gif \
--with-jpeg \
--with-png \
--with-rsvg \
--with-tiff \
--with-webp \
--with-gpm \
--with-modules \
--with-harfbuzz \
build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu \
host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
make -j8
make install
Not so sure if it will be available on F38. For F39 there is apparently a package created.
Is it possible to install this Fedora 39 package on Fedora 38?
On flat-hub the desired flat-pak is available also for F38 (v 29.1). You can choose it from Software app in Gnome or on the terminal like:
flatpak install flathub org.gnu.emacs