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> From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:01:06 -0600
> 
> I want horizontal scroll bars on my Debian 8 emacs (loaded as a deb
> package). I tried this in my init.el file:
> 
> ;;============
> (load "scroll-bar")
> (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist
>     '(horizontal-scroll-bars . t)
>     )
> ;;============
> 
> and get nothing.

Does "M-x customize-option RET horizontal-scroll-bar-mode RET" work?
If not, what is your Emacs version?