Re: How to Port Setup to Different OS?

[Steven Knight <steven@knight.cx>]

Hello Ari,

I suggest use-package[1].  Here's how you would use it:

; require package, update 'package-archives
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
               '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(package-refresh-contents)
(package-initialize)

; install use-package if necessary
(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
   (package-install 'use-package))

; load use-package
(require 'use-package)

; install (if necessary) dash, better-defaults and web-mode
(use-package dash :ensure dash)
(use-package better-defaults :ensure better-defaults)
(use-package web-mode :ensure web-mode)

The ":ensure" option tells use-package to install the package if 
necessary [2].

Thank you,

[1] https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package
[2] https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package#for-packageel-users


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Steven Knight steven@knight.cx <mailto:steven@knight.cx>

On Wed 05 Nov 2014 01:39:32 PM EST, Ari King 
<ari.brandeis.king@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've installed and configured Emacs with various ELPA, MELPA, Marmalade packages on Ubuntu. I'd like to take this setup and re-use it with Emacs on Windows. Is there a way for me to have emacs automatically install the packages rather than manually selecting them via the package manager? Thanks.
>
> -Ari
>