Emacs is there but wont run!

[aromes]

I did install my linux system with all features for emacs. But when I run "emacs"
alone, it says "bad or unrecognized command"
command as if emacs was not on my system.
At first, I though it was a matter of putting the executable of emacs in the path variable so
I can run it from whatever path.
But that was not the issue: I did a search of emacs files on my system, and found a lot of emacs related datas.
But no emacs executable under /usr/bin or /bin. The only emacs file I found and that is closed to the emacs
executable si a file called "emacsclient". But when running it, it asks for the emacs server! I tried
all of the other emacs files, but there's no emacs server or any file that did execute emacs!
Redhat 4.2 kernel 2.0.30

[jasonlambert]

then you have 2 choices:
1) Put the redhat CD in the drive, locate the emacs RPM and install it.
2) http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...submit=Search+... and download an updated emacs and libaries.

Jason

[flw]

I assume your logged in as root and with roots profile?

[aromes]

Yes Dan

[kriss]

try typing emacs and hit tab twice. What do you get?

i get this:
kriss@wilber:~$ emacs
emacs emacs-21.2-with-x11 emacsclient
emacs-21.2-no-x11 emacs-21.3.50
kriss@wilber:~$ emacs

So, lets say that you just got emacs-21.2-no-x11 you could just set up an alias like alias emacs='emacs-21.2-no-x11' so everytime you run "emacs" it really runs "emacs-21.2-no-x11".

Hope this helps