How to Install emacs24 software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

How to Install emacs24 software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

emacs24 software package provides GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support), you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) 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 Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus
Section Editors
Package emacs24
Version 24.5+1-6ubuntu3
Description GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
Sub Section Editors


See Also, How to uninstall or remove emacs24 software package from Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)?