How to Install emacs23 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install emacs23 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

emacs23 software package provides The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface), you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install emacs23 

emacs23 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the emacs23 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep emacs23 *

You will get with emacs23 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

emacs23 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Editors
Package emacs23
Version 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [amd64, i386
Description The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface)
Sub Section Editors


See Also, How to uninstall or remove emacs23 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?