How to install the emacs?

[simonTan]

hi,everyone. i'm a newcomer to Ubuntu.I want to install the emacs because i didn't find it on the Ubuntu itself. so i download the emacs-21.4a from the ftp. uncomprassed it and run ./configure.
but i can't run 'make' for system prompting that there is none. Anybody tell me why? and what should i do next? thanks.

[zhan]

==>文字编辑 版， 有个置顶贴子专门介绍安装配置 emacs 的。

[millenniumdark]

so i download the emacs-21.4a from the ftp. uncomprassed it and run ./configure.
but i can't run 'make' for system prompting that there is none. Anybody tell me why? and what should i do next? thanks.

Since you only want to use Emacs21, try
sudo apt-get install emacs

If you want to install make and ciompile your own emacs, use
sudo apt-get install build-essential

[simonTan]

thanks.
but why can't i find the 'make' command?:-)