Install Spacemacs

Emacs version 28 available as current package

pkg install emacs

Clone Spacemacs

Use your favourite git client or the following command in a terminal window to clone Spacemacs:

Free Desktop XDG configClassic config

git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.config/emacs

git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d

Clone Practicalli Spacemacs configuration

Clone practicalli/spacemacs.d configuration or first create a fork and clone that fork

Free Desktop XDG configClassic config

Using SSH

git clone git@github.com:practicalli/spacemacs-config.git ~/.config/spacemacs

Using HTTPS

git clone https://github.com/practicalli/spacemacs-config ~/.config/spacemacs

~/.config/spacemacs/init.el is the main configuration file, ensure ~/.spacemacs file does not exist as that file would take precedence.

Ensure SPACEMACSDIR environment variable is set to the Practicalli Spacemacs configuration directory in the ~/.profile file

SPACEMACSDIR environment variable in ~/.profile

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
export XDG_DATA_HOME=$HOME/.local/share
export XDG_STATE_HOME=$HOME/.local/state
export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.cache

# Set XDG location of Emacs Spacemacs configuration
export SPACEMACSDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/spacemacs"

Using SSH

git clone git@github.com:practicalli/spacemacs.d.git ~/.spacemacs.d

Using HTTP

git clone https://github.com/practicalli/spacemacs.d ~/.spacemacs.d

~/.spacemacs.d/init.el is the main configuration file, ensure ~/.spacemacs file does not exist as that file would take precedence.

Searching files

Spacemacs uses ripgrep, a highly optimised tool for finding files on the operating system.

pkg install ripgrep

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Last update: March 20, 2023