From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: install old version of ELPA package
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:13:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzgiw6t38.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <867d60fiuq.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (Stephen Leake's message of "Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:29:01 -0700")
> I have an ada-mode user with an old Ada compiler, so I'm trying to tell
> xer how to install an old version of ada-mode that is compatible.
>
> Xi can download an old tarball from
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ada-mode.html, but package.el doesn't
> provide a function to install from that. Is there some simple
> combination of functions that will work?
There's `package-install-file` and `package-install-from-buffer`, both
of which should do the trick (barring bugs: they're not often tested).
Stefan
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2022-06-01 16:29 install old version of ELPA package Stephen Leake
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