How to Install emacs24 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install emacs24 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

emacs24 software package provides GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support), you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install emacs24 

emacs24 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the emacs24 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep emacs24 *

You will get with emacs24 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

emacs24 package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Editors
Package emacs24
Version 24.5+1-7
Description GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
Sub Section Editors


See Also, How to uninstall or remove emacs24 software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?