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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 48023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48023: download.html has better instructions for non-free systems
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:32:27 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:50:31 -0400
> Cc: 48023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>    Here are some of the commands that various GNU/Linux distros
>    use to install a package named 'emacs'.
> 
>                    <pre>guix package -i emacs</pre>
> 
>                    <pre>sudo apt-get install emacs</pre>
> 
>                    <pre>sudo pacman -S emacs</pre>
> 
>                    <pre>sudo dnf install emacs</pre>
> 
>                    <pre>sudo zypper install emacs</pre>
> 
>    On some systems, the package name must include the Emacs
>    version number, such as  'emacs-27.1', instead of  'emacs'.

This LGTM, thanks.

Stefan, do you like it?

> All in all, it may be better to say "see the package installation
> instructions for your distro" rather than duplicating that information
> from various distros here.

If indeed we cannot says something like the above without confusing
people, maybe this latter way is the best we can do.  But I'd prefer
to use the former, if we can reliably say something like that.

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