Hi I just tried to install jde 2.2.9.2. As described, I installed the following before: eieio 0.17 elib 1.0 semantic 1.4 speedbar 0.14beta4 However, when I start emacs (version 21.1.1) now, I encounter this error: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "eieio") require(eieio) byte-code("ÀÁ!ˆÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉ&‡" [require eieio custom-declare-group bsh nil "Customizations for the Emacs inteface to Pat Neimeyer's Java\ninterpreter, the Beanshell." :group tools :prefix "bsh-"] 8) require(beanshell) byte-code("ÀÁ!ˆÀÂ!ˆÀÃ!ˆÀÄ!‡" [require beanshell jde-widgets eieio jde-util] 2) require(jde-help) byte-code("ÃB … \nÅYÄBÆÇÈ \"… \nÉYÊË!ˆÊÌ!ˆÊÍ!ˆÊÎ!ˆÊÏ!ˆÊÐ!ˆÊÑ!ˆÊÒ!ˆÊÓ!ˆÊÔ!ˆÊÕ!ˆÊÖ!ˆÊ×!ˆÊØ!ˆÊÙ!ˆÊÚ!ˆÊÛ!ˆÊÜ!ˆÊÝ!ˆÊÞ!ˆÊß!ˆÊà!ˆÊá!ˆÊâ!ˆÊã!ˆÊä!ˆÊå!ˆÊæ!ˆÊç!ˆèé!„› êéë\"ˆìíîïðñòó&ˆìôîõðíòó&‡" [current-load-list jde-xemacsp emacs-major-version jde-xemacs20p jde-emacs21p 20 string-match "\\bEmacs\\b" emacs-version 21 require jde-autoload jde-help semantic-load easymenu cl font-lock cc-mode cus-edit comint jde-compile jde-db jde-bug jde-jdb jde-run jde-gen compile imenu browse-url beanshell jde-wiz jde-java-grammar jde-complete jde-which-method jde-java-font-lock jde-import jde-package executable efc jde-open-source fboundp custom-set-default defalias set-default custom-declare-group jde nil "Java Development Environment" :group tools ...] 8) require(jde) eval-buffer(# nil "~/.emacs" nil t) load-with-code-conversion("/home/msl/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t) load("~/.emacs" t t) #[nil "…— Æ=ƒ ÇÈQ‚5 É=ƒ' ÊÇËÌ#ƒ# ͂5 ΂5 Ï=ƒ1 Ђ5 ÇÑQÒÓ\n҉#ˆ Ò=ƒF Ë ƒˆ Ô !՚ƒˆ Ö !‰×PØ !ƒd ‚o Ø\f!ƒn \f‚o ˉƒ‡ Ù\f \"ƒ… ÚÛ\f #ˆÜÝ!ˆ\f*†– Ë ÓÞ҉£©©‡¢ Ûéîéô­æéìå­õóåò óùóôåí­ôùðå õóåò­éîéô­æéìå­± õóåò­éîéô­æéìå óïõòãå áìô íó­äïó ¢þ¢ ¢¯ßåíáãó¢ ÷éîäï÷ó­îô äéòåãôïòù­æéìåó îéì ¢ÞÜÜ®åíáãóÜܨÜÜ®åìã¿ÜÜ©¿¤¢ ¢þ¯®åíáãó¢ ¢þ¯ßåíáãó¢ öáø­öíó ¢óùó¤ìïçéåíáãó¢ ¢¯®åíáãó¢ ô ìïáä æéìå­îáíå­åøôåîóéïî ¢åì㢠æéìå­îáíå­óáîó­åøôåîóéïî ¢®å좠æéìå­åøéóôó­ð æéìå­îå÷åò­ôèáî­æéìå­ð íåóóáçå ¢×áòîéî纠¥ó éó îå÷åò ôèáî ¥ó¢ óéô­æïò ± ¢äåæáõìô¢ éîèéâéô­äåæáõìô­éîéô éîèéâéô­óôáòôõð­íåóóáçåÝ µÝ¨©   ãïííáîä­ìéî娩   îïòíáì­ôïð­ìåöå쨩 What does this mean ?? In my .emacs I wrote the following lines: ;; ******************** ;; JDEE ;; ******************** (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/jde-2.2.9.2/lisp")) (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/elib-1.0")) (require 'jde) ;; ******************** ;; Speedbar (http://cedet.sourceforge.net/) ;; ******************** (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/speedbar-0.14beta4")) (autoload 'speedbar-frame-mode "speedbar" "Popup a speedbar frame" t) (autoload 'speedbar-get-focus "speedbar" "Jump to speedbar frame" t) (global-set-key [(f4)] 'speedbar-get-focus) ;; Texinfo fancy chapter tags (add-hook 'texinfo-mode-hook (lambda () (require 'sb-texinfo))) ;; HTML fancy chapter tags (add-hook 'html-mode-hook (lambda () (require 'sb-html))) ;; For any verison of emacs on a linux RPM based system: (autoload 'rpm "sb-rpm" "Rpm package listing in speedbar.") ;; w3 link listings (autoload 'w3-speedbar-buttons "sb-w3" "s3 specific speedbar button generator .") ;; ******************** ;; eieio (http://cedet.sourceforge.net/) ;; ******************** ;(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/eieio-0.17")) (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/eieio-0.17")) ;; ******************** ;; Semantic (http://cedet.sourceforge.net/) ;; ******************** (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site/semantic-1.4")) ;(setq semantic-load-turn-everything-on t) (require 'semantic-load) Is there a mistake in it ? Or what am I doing wrong ? Thanks in advance ! Marcel