Install GitHub hosted packages in Spacemacs

Asked Sep 04 '15 at 04:24

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I have been using vim for a while now and decided to try Emacs. I picked Spacemacs since it's easier for a vim user to transition to.

I was able to create a package layer to install packages hosted in MELPA but when I tried installing packages hosted on GitHub using :fetcher github it gave an error: 'Package [package name] is unavailable. Is the package name misspelled?'

A few packages I tried are Emacs Webkit and haxe-complete

How do I install packages hosted on GitHub?

Edit: I forgot to mention I've checked out the develop branch.

edited Sep 04 '15 at 04:51

asked Sep 04 '15 at 04:24

user5187937

This feature is available only in the develop branch currently. – syl20bnr Sep 04 '15 at 04:48
@syl20bnr Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using the develop branch. – user5187937 Sep 04 '15 at 04:52
There is an example here: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/blob/5f756be832841268dc70e1cc54c4ac860b0eccdf/spacemacs/packages.el#L45 – syl20bnr Sep 04 '15 at 04:53
@syl20bnr Thank you. I will try it right now and report back asap. – user5187937 Sep 04 '15 at 04:55
@syl20bnr I realised that I have already tried something similar and it didn't work. I tried it again just now as well. – user5187937 Sep 04 '15 at 05:06
Open an issue on the github repo, there is a bug then. – syl20bnr Sep 04 '15 at 05:19
@syl20bnr I'm currently reinstalling the develop branch of Spacemacs. If that fails then I'll open an issue. Thanks! – user5187937 Sep 04 '15 at 05:21
@syl20bnr Reinstalling Spacemacs didn't help. Opening an issue. – user5187937 Sep 04 '15 at 05:41

Install GitHub hosted packages in Spacemacs

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