If you use the same .emacs and .emacs.d with on multiple machines, Emacs version must be the same version with on multiple machines. Especially if you use package-list-package. This article will describe building and installing Emacs. Emacs version is 24.4.
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1 Install packages for building Emacs
Install package for building Emacs. Running "apt build-dep" needs a setting of deb src.
$ sudo apt build-dep -y emacs $ sudo apt install -y libncurses5-dev
2 Download Emacs
Download Emacs from GNU page.
$ wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-24.4.tar.xz
3 Build and install Emacs
Extract Emacs.
$ tar xf emacs-24.4.tar.xz $ cd emacs-24.4
Install Emacs to /usr/local is as below.
$ ./configure --without-x $ make $ sudo make install
Install Emacs to $HOME is as below.
$ ./configure --without-x --prefix=$HOME $ make $ make install
If another Emacs is installed, you need to add directory to PATH for searching Emacs which is built and installed.
$ export PATH=/usr/loca/bin:$PATH # PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH