I want to run Emacs 23 on Cygwin, but when I install cygwin only emacs21 gets installed. How can I upgrade my existing Cygwin install to use Emacs23? I know emacs 23 is available since it's listed at this link. http://cygwin.com/packages/emacs/
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When you're in the "Select Packages" step of Cygwin Setup:
- Click on the value in the New column (it will cycle through the install options) in the emacs row
- Select latest version of emacs (you may also have to check the box in the "Bin" column)
One thing I noticed is that once emacs 23 is installed, Cygwin doesn't give you the option to uninstall it. I had to install emacs 21 and then it allowed me to remove emacs.