I followed a guide on emacs wiki [1] and the output was

> sudo apt build-dep emacs
> [sudo] password for jemadux:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libelogind-compat : Conflicts: libsystemd0
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

can someone tell us how to compile the emacs on devuan ?

[1] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BuildingEmacs

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