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Compiling emacs in GNU linux systems

Install build-essential

  sudo apt install build-essential

  sudo apt update && sudo apt build-dep emacs

Download emacs (tarball) and open the directory https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

  ./autogen.sh

  ./configure

  sudo make install

Facing problems due to lack of XLibs in Debian system

Install the following libraries: (for Debian Buster) libc6-dev libjpeg62-turbo libncurses5-dev libpng-dev libtiff5-dev libgif-dev xaw3dg-dev zlib1g-dev libx11-dev