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I wish to build the latest development version of Emacs from source. I've browsed to https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs and executed the command suggested on the front page, namely

git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git

I then read the INSTALL file, which says

2a. 'cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the 'configure' script:

   ./configure

I followed these instructions, but this resulted in the following error message:

-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

Inspecting the directory where I unpacked Emacs, I see that there is indeed no file named 'configure'. The closest matches are the files 'config.bat' and 'configure.ac'.

Why isn't there a 'configure' file in my installation directory? How do I proceed from here?

I run macOS Sierra version 10.12.5 .

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  • INSTALL: For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an Emacs release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first. These files are in the base directory. Commented Jun 17, 2023 at 7:45

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This line only applies to release tarballs (hence why it says "unpacked") which come with a configure script. For the git checkout you'll need to generate it with ./autogen.sh. Be sure to check out the README file for more instructions.

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