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Tiny doc updates re yum/dnf etc
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* INSTALL: Mention dnf and Debian unversioned emacs package.
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Installing Emacs): Mention dnf.
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions INSTALL
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Expand Up @@ -202,8 +202,9 @@ The names of the packages that you need varies according to the
GNU/Linux distribution that you use, and the options that you want to
configure Emacs with. On Debian-based systems, you can install all the
packages needed to build the installed version of Emacs with a command
like 'apt-get build-dep emacs24'. On Red Hat systems, the
corresponding command is 'yum-builddep emacs'.
like 'apt-get build-dep emacs' (on older systems, replace 'emacs' with
eg 'emacs25'). On Red Hat-based systems, the corresponding command is
'dnf builddep emacs' (or older systems, use 'yum-builddep' instead).


DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION:
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Expand Up @@ -3362,8 +3362,9 @@ and binaries, and how to install Emacs on those systems.

Most GNU/Linux distributions provide pre-built Emacs packages.
If Emacs is not installed already, you can install it by running (as
root) a command such as @samp{yum install emacs} (Red Hat and
derivatives) or @samp{apt-get install emacs} (Debian and derivatives).
root) a command such as @samp{dnf install emacs} (Red Hat and
derivatives; use @samp{yum} in older distributions) or
@samp{apt-get install emacs} (Debian and derivatives).

If you want to compile Emacs yourself, read the file @file{INSTALL} in
the source distribution. In brief:
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