Can't install emacs on freshly installed? ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,
As of 24.4 (and 24.04.1), emacs is now a snap. I don't remember which snap
command I used to install the snap - I might have even used the "App
Centre".

My system is running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on a lenovo T420 ThinkPad.

Here are the results of me getting info on the emacs snap:-
$ snap info emacs
name:      emacs
summary:   GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor
publisher: Alex Murray (alexmurray)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/emacs
contact:   https://github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap/issues
license:   GPL-3.0+
description: |
  Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
  display editor.

  Features include:
    * Content-aware editing modes, including syntax coloring, for many file
types.
    * Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
    * Full Unicode support for nearly all human scripts.
    * Highly customizable, using Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface.
    * An entire ecosystem of functionality beyond text editing, including a
project
      planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more.
    * A packaging system for downloading and installing extensions.

  This snap is built via the build.snapcraft.io service from the
  snapcraft.yaml definition at https://github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap to
  ensure source and build transparency.
snap-id: 4gE2S31SnK2LeqsZF8XTPuHOlqlzbqsW
channels:
  latest/stable:    29.4                   2024-06-25 (2504) 376MB classic
  latest/candidate: 29.4                   2024-06-25 (2504) 376MB classic
  latest/beta:      29.4                   2024-11-12 (2560) 399MB classic
  latest/edge:      31.0.50-master-e7810ab 2024-10-22 (2547) 343MB classic
  pgtk/stable:      –
  pgtk/candidate:   –
  pgtk/beta:        –
  pgtk/edge:        30.0.50-master-a470dfb 2024-01-30 (2385) 357MB classic
  28.x/stable:      28.2                   2023-09-23 (2192) 241MB classic
  28.x/candidate:   ↑
  28.x/beta:        28.2                   2023-12-10 (2306) 241MB classic
  28.x/edge:        ↑

HTH,


Ian
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