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issue #629 followup: instruction on cargo build and install usage (#632)
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DaanHoogland authored and Sean Perry committed Feb 8, 2018
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BASIC INSTALLATION

On most Unix systems, you build Emacs by first running the 'configure'
On most Unix systems, you build (R)Emacs by first running the 'configure'
shell script. This attempts to deduce the correct values for
various system-dependent variables and features, and find the
directories where certain system headers and libraries are kept.
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sections of this guide will help you do that, so please refer to those
sections if you need to.

0. Before you start: Remacs uses cargo for its build process. if you
build as an unpriviledged user and then install as an
administrator cargo will rebuild remacs. Make sure you have the
right nightly version, as found in the file './rust-toolchain',
installed for both users.

1. Unpacking the Emacs 25 release requires about 200 MB of free
disk space. Building Emacs uses about another 200 MB of space.
The final installed Emacs uses about 150 MB of disk space.
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