Install latest/stable of GNU Emacs

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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sudo snap install emacs --classic

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Details for GNU Emacs

License

GPL-3.0+

Last updated

9 February 2026 - latest/stable
10 February 2026 - latest/edge

Websites

www.gnu.org

Contact

github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap/issues

Command › Alias

emacs.emacsclient › emacsclient
emacs.ebrowse › ebrowse

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GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor

Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

Features include:

Content-aware editing modes, including syntax coloring, for many file types.
Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
Full Unicode support for nearly all human scripts.
Highly customizable, using Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface.
An entire ecosystem of functionality beyond text editing, including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more.
A packaging system for downloading and installing extensions.

This snap is built via the build.snapcraft.io service from the snapcraft.yaml definition at https://github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap to ensure source and build transparency.

The snap offers both the 'gtk' and 'pgtk' variants in separate snap tracks - the 'latest' track offers the gtk variant whereas the 'pgtk' track offers the pgtk variant of emacs.

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