Learn the steps to install GNU Emacs 27 text editor on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble or 22.04 Jammy JellyFish using the command terminal.
GNU Emacs is a programmable text editor that is suitable for development. It makes writing source code easier through syntax highlighting and can be customized by the user. The tool offers help and support for multiple languages. GNU Emacs can also be used to create text documents based on LaTeX.
Apart from that, it is a comprehensive and platform-independent editor extensible by its Lisp dialect (Emacs Lisp). Since its control is mainly based on keyboard shortcuts, it requires some training to use all its possibilities intensively. Due to many plugins, the editor can be used in almost all areas. For example, there are extensions for file management, email and news, IRC, compilations, web surfing, and more.
Steps to install GNU Emacs 27 Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04 LTS
1. Update Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04
After adding the repository, run the system update command once to ensure the APT package index is current. This will also install all the available updates of Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
3. Install Emacs27 on Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04
Once we have added the repository, installing Emacs version 27 is super easy. We need the APT package manager to set up this GNU text editor on our system.
sudo apt install emacs
4. Run the Text editor
Once the installation is completed, go to Ubuntu’s application launcher and search for the Emacs editor. As soon as its icon appears, click to run it.
4. How to update
In the future, if there are some updates available for Emacs, then we can install them using the system update command that is:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
5. Uninstall Emacs from Ubuntu 24.04 or 22.04
If you think the application is unsuitable and want to try a different text editor, here is the command to remove GNU Emacs from Ubuntu 24.04 Noble or 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish.
sudo apt autoremove --purge emacs
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