On Tuesday 31 May 2005 12:03, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I want to install emacs-w3m.  I have already built an emacs install by
> hand from cvs emacs tar ball.  I always build emacs myself.
>
> Running emerge -v -p emacs-w3m shows:
> These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [ebuild  N    ] app-editors/emacs-21.4  +X -Xaw3d -debug +gnome -leim
> -lesstif +motif +nls -nosendmail 0 kB [ebuild  N    ]
> dev-libs/boehm-gc-6.3-r1  -c++ 754 kB
> [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r3  -doc -mmx 388 kB
> [ebuild  N    ] www-client/w3m-0.5.1-r1  +X -async -cjk +gpm +gtk +imlib
> -imlib2 -lynxkeymap -migemo +nls +ssl -xface 1,852 kB [ebuild  N    ]
> app-emacs/emacs-w3m-1.4.3  708 kB
>
>
> Emerge wants to install another emacs.  How can I tell it I already
> have emacs installed?
>
> One way would be to build it from scratch too, but I'd prefer to stay
> close to an emerge installed system when possible.

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Regards,
Jason Stubbs

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