This article will cover what Emacs is, and three different ways you can install it. We will go over how to install Linux systems (Ubuntu, CentOS), OS X, and Windows.

Installing Emacs on Ubuntu using the apt package manager is pretty straightforward, and should only take a few minutes to complete.

sudo apt install -y emacs note: the -y is optional, without it you will need to manually reply to an install prompt.

sudo snap install emacs --classic How to install Emacs on CentOS 8 Linux using dnf.

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