Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu

[Richard G Riley]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 08/09/2007, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> > From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
>>> > Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:51:45 +0200
>>> >
>>> > How about actually reading the messages configure gives you?  It tells
>>> > you about every single development library it can't find and/or use.
>>> >
>>> > And would it really be hard to imagine that without X11 development
>>> > libraries you won't get X11 support?
>>>
>>> He asked for help.  He's obviously not an experienced tinkerer.
>>
>> Admitted, I'm coming across as a dummy. I am.
>> But then I'm sure David needed the dummies guide at one time.
>
> Be careful what you are sure about.  When I started computing, there
> were no dummy guides.  Before being able to boot my first computer
> (which I soldered together myself with a "kit"), I had to design and
> solder a floppy controller, write the bootstrap loader, write the
> BIOS.
>
> If you are going to compile Emacs yourself, you better read the
> instructions for doing so.  If you don't see that you understand them
> or don't want to invest the time until you do, it would likely be
> easier if you just installed a precompiled version of Emacs 22.1 from
> Gutsy instead.

Because you can do it, doesn't mean that others, with less experience
and/or ability, can.

I concur that trying to build Emacs on Ubuntu is not for the faint
hearted or those with limited build environment experience.