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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. No. 12 A. No, XEmacs will build and install just fine without any packages
13 installed. However, only the most basic editing functions will be
14 available with no packages installed, so installing packages is an
15 essential part of making your installed XEmacs _useful_.
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14 Q. I really liked the old way that packages were bundled and do not 17 Q. I really liked the old way that packages were bundled and do not
15 want to mess with packages at all. 18 want to mess with packages at all.
16 A. You can grab all the packages at once like you used to with old 19 A. You can grab all the packages at once like you used to with old
17 XEmacs versions, skip to the 'Sumo Tarball' section below. 20 XEmacs versions, skip to the 'Sumo Tarball' section below.
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58 Where to get the packages 61 Where to get the packages
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61 Packages are available from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages 64 Packages are available from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages
62 and its mirror. 65 and its mirrors.
63 66
64 How to install the packages 67 How to install the packages
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67 1. All at once, using the 'Sumo Tarball'. 70 1. All at once, using the 'Sumo Tarball'.
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71 The Sumo Tarball 74 The Sumo Tarball
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74 Those with little time, cheap connections and plenty of disk space can 77 Those with little time, cheap connections and plenty of disk space can
75 install all packages at once using the sumo tarballs. 78 install all the packages at once using the sumo tarballs.
76 Download the file 79 Download the file
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78 xemacs-sumo-<date>.tar.gz 81 xemacs-sumo.tar.gz
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80 For an XEmacs compiled with Mule you also need 83 For an XEmacs compiled with Mule you also need
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82 xemacs-mule-sumo-<date>.tar.gz 85 xemacs-mule-sumo.tar.gz
83 86
84 N.B. They are called 'Sumo Tarballs' for good reason. They are 87 N.B. They are called 'Sumo Tarballs' for good reason. They are
85 currently about 15MB and 2.3MB (gzipped) respectively. 88 currently about 15MB and 2.3MB (gzipped) respectively.
86 89
87 Install them by 90 Install them by
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130 and optionally: 133 and optionally:
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132 mailcrypt - If you have PGP installed and want to verify the 135 mailcrypt - If you have PGP installed and want to verify the
133 signature of the index file. 136 signature of the index file.
134 mule-base - Needed if you want to run XEmacs with MULE with a 137 mule-base - Needed if you want to use XEmacs with MULE.
135 non-English language environment.
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137 After installing these by hand, you can start XEmacs. (It is a good 139 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 140 idea to use 'xemacs -vanilla' here as your startup files might need
139 things now moved to packages.) 141 things now moved to packages.)
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199 Finding the Right Packages 201 Finding the Right Packages
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202 If you want to find out which package contains the functionality you 204 If you want to find out which package contains the functionality you
203 are looking for, use M-x package-get-package-provider, and give it a 205 are looking for, use M-x package-get-package-provider, and give it a
204 symbol that is likely to be in that package. eg, if some code you 206 symbol that is likely to be in that package. For example, if some
205 want to use has a (require 'thingatpt) in it, try doing 207 code you want to use has a (require 'thingatpt) in it, try doing
206 M-x package-get-package-provider RET thingatpt , which will return 208 M-x package-get-package-provider RET thingatpt , which will return
207 something like: (fsf-compat "1.06"). 209 something like: (fsf-compat "1.06").
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209 Upgrading/Removing Packages 211 Upgrading/Removing Packages
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212 As the exact files and their locations contained in a package may 214 As the exact files and their locations contained in a package may
213 change it is recommend to remove a package first before installing a 215 change it is recommended to remove a package first before installing a
214 new version. In order to facilitate removal each package contains an 216 new version. In order to facilitate removal each package contains an
215 pgkinfo/MANIFEST.pkgname file which list all the files belong to the 217 pgkinfo/MANIFEST.pkgname file which list all the files belong to the
216 package. M-x package-admin-delete-binary-package RET can be used to 218 package. M-x package-admin-delete-binary-package RET can be used to
217 remove a package using this file. 219 remove a package using this file.
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