It’s a Non X, non root environment, typically the XDA build server, you can install and use emacs by the following commands:

mkdir ~/myapps
mkdir sources && cd sources
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-24.2.tar.gz
tar -xvvf emacs-24.2.tar.gz
cd emacs-24.2
./configure --prefix=/home/droidzone/myapps --with-x-toolkit=no --with-xpm=no --with-jpeg=no --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no --with-png=no
make ; make install
export PATH=$PATH:/home/droidzone/myapps/emacs/bin

Compiling and using emacs on Goo.im requires a few additional steps.

If you try configuring emacs directly, you will encounter an error stating that:

configure: error: The required function `tputs' was not found in any library.
These libraries were tried: libncurses, libterminfo, libtermcap, libcurses.
Please try installing whichever of these libraries is most appropriate
for your system, together with its header files.
For example, a libncurses-dev(el) or similar package.[/code]
This is because ncurses library is missing in the Goo server.

So, first download GNU Ncurses and install it:
cd ~/sources
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
tar -xvvf ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
cd ncurses-5.9
./configure --prefix=/home/droidzone/myapps
make
make install
After this, compile Emacs setting the env flag properly to the location where you installed Ncurses
cd ../emacs-24.2
env LDFLAGS=-L/home/droidzone/myapps/lib ./configure --prefix=/home/droidzone/myapps --with-x-toolkit=no --with-xpm=no --with-jpeg=no --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no --with-png=no
make
make install
It is possible to achieve the same by setting

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/droidzone/myapps/lib before compiling.
 
Compiling mc on Goo
checking for pkg-config... no

*** The pkg-config script could not be found. Make sure it is

*** in your path, or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable

*** to the full path to pkg-config.

*** Or see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig to get pkg-config.

checking for glib-config... no

checking for glib12-config... no

checking for glib-config... no

checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.6... no

*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found

*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in

*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the

*** full path to glib-config.

configure: error: Test for glib failed.

GNU Midnight Commander requires glib 1.2.6 or above.
 
On trying to configure pkg-config:
./configure --prefix=/home/droidzone/myapps
./configure: line 13557: --exists: command not found

configure: error: pkg-config and "glib-2.0 >= 2.16" not found, please set GLIB_CFLAGS and GLIB_LIBS to the correct values or pass --with-internal-glib to configure

[email protected]:~/temp/pkg-config-0.27.1$ c
Now, pkg-config configures fine.
Glibc..
configure error
configure: error: linker with -z relro support required
 
Joel G Mathew
Joel G Mathew, known in tech circles by the pseudonym Droidzone, is an opensource and programming enthusiast.
He is a full stack developer, whose favorite languages are currently Python and Vue.js. He is also fluent in Javascript, Flutter/Dart, Perl, PHP, SQL, C and bash shell scripting. He loves Linux, and can often be found tinkering with linux kernel code, and source code for GNU applications. He used to be an active developer on XDA forums, and his tinkered ROMS used to be very popular in the early 2000s.
His favorite pastime is grappling with GNU compilers, discovering newer Linux secrets, writing scripts, hacking roms, and programs (nothing illegal), reading, blogging. and testing out the latest gadgets.
When away from the tech world, Dr Joel G. Mathew is a practising ENT Surgeon, busy with surgeries and clinical practise.