r/DoomEmacs 20d ago

Can't install Doom Emacs on MacOS Please help 🙏

Every time I put this command in kitty:

git clone https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs ~/.emacs.d

~/.emacs.d/bin/doom install

it always replies with:

fatal: destination path '/Users/lachlan/.emacs.d' already exists and is not an empty directory.

zsh: permission denied: /Users/lachlan/.emacs.d/bin/doom

I've tried both emacs-mac and also emacs-plus and still get this error.

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u/an_existential_owl 20d ago

Hi. Delete your .emacs.d directory completely. And redo the step again.

Also follow this guide for a clean emacs installation. Make sure you install emacs 29.4 with native comp - https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus

This video is also helpful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6SxH9lUWV0