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8 Real Real Quickstart FAQ 8 Real Real Quickstart FAQ
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11 Q. Do I need to have the packages to compile XEmacs? 11 Q. Do I need to have the packages to compile XEmacs?
12 A. If you want to compile with MULE, you need the mule-base package installed. 12 A. No.
13 Otherwise, no package is required before compilation.
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15 Q. I really liked the old way that packages were bundled and do not 14 Q. I really liked the old way that packages were bundled and do not
16 want to mess with packages at all. 15 want to mess with packages at all.
17 A. You can grab all the packages at once like you used to with old 16 A. You can grab all the packages at once like you used to with old
18 XEmacs versions, skip to the 'Sumo Tarball' section below. 17 XEmacs versions, skip to the 'Sumo Tarball' section below.
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131 and optionally: 130 and optionally:
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133 mailcrypt - If you have PGP installed and want to verify the 132 mailcrypt - If you have PGP installed and want to verify the
134 signature of the index file. 133 signature of the index file.
135 mule-base - Needed if you want to compile XEmacs with MULE. 134 mule-base - Needed if you want to run XEmacs with MULE with a
135 non-English language environment.
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137 After installing these by hand, you can start XEmacs. (It is a good 137 After installing these by hand, you can start XEmacs. (It is a good
138 idea to use 'xemacs -vanilla' here as your startup files might need 138 idea to use 'xemacs -vanilla' here as your startup files might need
139 things now moved to packages.) 139 things now moved to packages.)
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171 New packages can only be used by XEmacs after a restart. 171 New packages can only be used by XEmacs after a restart.
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173 Note to MULE users 173 Note to MULE users
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176 Unlike all other packages the mule-base package is used at build/dump 176 It is a good idea to keep packages that are MULE-only separate by
177 time. This means that you need this available before compiling XEmacs 177 putting them in the mule-packages hierarchy. Non-Mule XEmacsen will
178 with MULE. Also it is a good idea to keep packages that are 178 ignore packages in mule-packages so it is safe to have that directory
179 MULE-only separate by putting them in the mule-packages hierarchy. 179 in the package path of a Non-Mule XEmacs.
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181 Which Packages to install? 181 Which Packages to install?
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184 This is difficult to say. When in doubt install a package. If you 184 This is difficult to say. When in doubt install a package. If you