Install Emacs from source

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emacs • linux • productivity

Prerequisites Link to heading 

sudo pacman -S libgccjit

Compile Link to heading 

git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git
cd emacs

./autogen.sh git
./autogen.sh autoconf
./configure                                   \
  CFLAGS='-O3 -g0'                            \
  --program-transform-name='s/^ctags$/etags/' \
  --with-native-compilation

make -j`nproc`
sudo make install

Checks Link to heading

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  • For JIT:
(if (and
      (fboundp 'native-comp-available-p)
      (native-comp-available-p))
    (message "[SUCCESS] Native Compilation available")
  (message "[FAIL] Native Complation not available"))
  • For fast JSON parser:
(if (functionp 'json-serialize)
    (message "[SUCCESS] Native JSON available")
  (message "[FAIL] Native JSON not available"))

Debug Link to heading 

./configure                                         \
  CFLAGS='-Og -gdwarf-5 -g3'                        \
  --program-transform-name='s/^ctags$/ctags.emacs/'

Hope you know how to use gdb when something goes wrong…