[gNewSense-users] Installing Programs that are not in the Repos .

[R.Siddharth]

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> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:16:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jason Self <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] Installing Programs that are not in the
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> > > Can i install programs that are not in the repos ? . How will I do
> > > it . For instance the version of emacs that is available in the
> > > default repos is emacs v22.1 , but after visiting the emacs's webpage
> > > i found that version 23.1 was out . So is there a way for me to
> > > install this (emacs v23.1) in my comp running gNewSense 2.3 .  
> > 
> > Of course, you can use or a .deb package or compiling the source code
> > of the program that you want install. If you search on
> > Google "How to install tar.gz or tar.bz files" you can found how do it.
> 
> In addition, I believe that the upcoming version of gNewSense (version 3.0, 
> code-named metad, based on Debian Squeeze) already has that version of Emacs 
> in 
> the repository, assuming that you feel up to running gNS 3.)
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Is gNs 3 stable enough for a normal user to install and run ? . I want
to try installing emacs 23.1 from tar.gz file since I have already
downloaded it .  

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R.Siddharth.