From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jude DaShiell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need help debuging my `.emacs` file Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <97eff3ec-fba9-4ef4-8f45-2b53d58d0b23@googlegroups.com> <87iovy2udh.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87habi6pg0.fsf@nowhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384321666 7425 80.91.229.3 (13 Nov 2013 05:47:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Glyn Millington Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 13 06:47:49 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VgTIp-0000FX-4z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:47:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46686 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VgTIo-0002Vk-Fs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45181) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VgTIa-0002Vb-06 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VgTIV-0007BL-Uc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:31 -0500 Original-Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:55634 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VgTIV-0007Ar-Pc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:27 -0500 Original-Received: by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1024) id 839D6228BC; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:26 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81EE922848; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:47:26 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87habi6pg0.fsf@nowhere.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Mac OS X 10.x X-Received-From: 69.60.117.94 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94474 Archived-At: On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Glyn Millington wrote: > Emanuel Berg writes: > > > eccstartup writes: > > > > This line: > > > >> (require 'package) > > > > is the problem. I also get: > > No it isn't :-) With emacs 24, that should work. > > > > > > >> File error: Cannot open load file, package > > > > Because I don't have it, and neither do you. > > You don't have it, but perhaps *his* Emacs just can't find it! What OS are > you using, OP? > > >> Should I download a package.el from http://marmalade-repo.org/ ? > > > > Yes > > No - not until you are sure it isn't already there somewhere on the > system. Any 'package.el' on marmalade is not necessarily the package.el > which comes bundled with emacs 24. > > atb > > > Glyn > > > For emacs 23.x and earlier users there is a different procedure for getting package.el to install involving evaluation of code on your local system you either have to download from the elpa home page and put in your scratch buffer then run. For emacs 24.x users no such steps are necessary, just type: m-x package list-packages in scratch buffer and watch what happens. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude Avoid the Gates Of Hell, use Linux!