From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Maus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: File error: Cannot open load file, color-theme Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:39:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87fxhv5cv6.wl%maus.david@gmail.com> References: <3f8297b20903022051l20a31d05h3b304969866c6619@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236071244 18667 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2009 09:07:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:07:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Foss User Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 03 10:08:40 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LeQc5-0001uA-0E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:08:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33658 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeQaj-0000ei-SG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:07:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeOIE-0006sK-Uw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:39:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeOIC-0006q9-BW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:39:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60226 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeOIC-0006pi-4g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:39:52 -0500 Original-Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.191]:20621) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LeOIB-000099-Mw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:39:51 -0500 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b11so299285nfh.26 for ; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:message-id:from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=9VV6oYOcKRFRKVXi/nAD2aw7HH/jsseqRnfGG31Eg7M=; b=r/KlwTBg/ZBElPTiNR9VpnJlzBUmZDF5593hA/xLWv8wjwtyF/OKtY4saBbD28pVdn 6ygXKlvN8/JDIV5aAKqB1zEsoEh71BdsNLM2Bf941cKlrZW10YpMklvNGjXg+X81evEz Qu2NlEwYFx+AoQgc8R9N8JjQDQmahBWK+RcTc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=k0WZM2l51fXIuCRoWdqSEYcfQweGTWWUcvOt0HrIXKcJgV8lTuwbIV5TzdnAVpWGuN b24ptjKRP94eC1UjEVO+wNdddYb/uWLGy3PDIXRgmGyLvxaq+MuFLHZvbdyL8G+hpWKC KiMvJXUx47djxUHbVq6x6dbfHf47MkIMlwgh4= Original-Received: by 10.210.34.5 with SMTP id h5mr3902789ebh.38.1236062389099; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:49 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from thinkpad.example.com ([88.130.185.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm631019eyf.52.2009.03.02.22.39.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3f8297b20903022051l20a31d05h3b304969866c6619@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.6 (Almost Unreal) SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.7 Emacs/23.0.91 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:06:30 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:62544 Archived-At: Hi, At Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:21:23 +0530, Foss User wrote: > > I am a new .emacs user. The first thing I wanted to do was configure a > color theme. I created a new .emacs file in my home directory and put > this code in it: > > (require 'color-theme) > (color-theme-initialize) > (color-theme-robin-hood) > > This is the error I get when I try to launch emacs. > > File error: Cannot open load file, color-theme > > Could someone please help me in resolving this issue? > As you did not provide any information about the os your working on (something you should always do when asking questions) I assume you use a Linux distribution. Which one? It seems as if the linux installation you use misses the color-theme.el extension. That's what Emacs is complaining about. Under Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu this extensions is part of the "emacs-goodies-el" package that you need to install in order to use color-theme. Regards -- David -- Email..... maus.david@gmail.com Jabber.... dmjena@jabber.org ICQ....... 241051416 OpenPGP... 0x316F4BE4670716FD