Just want to install an old version of emacs on MacOS
reddit / emacs

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Yamochao · 2022-01-28 01:44

I've been at this for an hour-- can't figure it out.

I've seen
[https://emacsformacosx.com/builds](https://emacsformacosx.com/builds)
but this is for the graphical version.

\`brew install emacs@25\` doesn't work.

Is there a way to get an old terminal version of emacs?


EDIT: If anyone sees this later, the solution was that I needed to
call a more specific version

in my case

`MacOS /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_9 -nw`

Running on Apple Silicone

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FrozenOnPluto · 2022-01-28 01:55

Macports or brew and install the toolchains, run the build process?
I’ve done it on BSD and Linux a dozen times .. a terminal build should
be easy on Mac as well.

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Yamochao · 2022-01-28 02:24

oh, just build from source you mean?

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FrozenOnPluto · 2022-01-28 02:26

Yeah. If you’ve never done it then check for some guides or youtube
videos perhaps? If you’re used to building from source it shouldn’t be
too bad, though its a little more involved than smaller projects.
Terminal based, ignoring all the x11 and gtk etc makes it easier.
(Sorry, no time to elaborate.)

Worth a shot anyway :)

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stibbons · 2022-01-28 02:55

The emacsformacosx builds will happily run in a terminal. Install it
as you'd expect, open a terminal, launch emacs with the -nw flag like
this:

    /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw

I usually run the emacs-mac port, which supports running in a terminal
in the exact same way. But did just pull the latest Emacs 25 release
to confirm it was fine with that too.

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Yamochao · 2022-01-28 03:37

~~I actually had tried this, but it says "This application will not
run on your computer. Sorry!"~~

Ah, wait! I needed

`➜  MacOS /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs-x86_64-10_9
-nw`