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ELPA stands for Emacs Lisp Package Archive a simple package manager for Emacs, and a repository of pre-packed Emacs Lisp code.

ELPA stands for Emacs Lisp Package Archive a simple package manager for Emacs, and a repository of pre-packed Emacs Lisp code. You can access the repository at: http://elpa.gnu.org/. For more information, please refer: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ELPA

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What's the magic behind the ELPA?

I use Aquamacs, and I use ELPA that installs files in ~/.emacs.d/elpa? What's the magic behind this ELPA? I mean, without ELPA, I should download and install the packages in a specific directory, and add those two lines in .emacs. (add-to-list…
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How do I set up the Clojure classpath in Emacs after installing with ELPA?

I'm trying to add paths to my classpath in the Clojure REPL that I've set up in Emacs using ELPA. Apparently, this isn't the $CLASSPATH environment variable, but rather the swank-clojure-classpath variable that Swank sets up. Because I used ELPA to…
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org-mode broken dynamic clock: Symbol's function definition is void: org-defvaralias

For months I've been enjoying use of the org dynamic clock block (C-c C-x C-r) to help with my hour clocking. Suddenly I find it's not working, though. The only things I've changed is downloading the list-packages org-contrib and org-mode. M-x…
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How to make the "package" column of Emacs' ELPA list-packages screen wider?

When I run list-packages on Emacs 24, I get a screen that looks like the following: The problem is that many packages' names are longer than the package column. How do I make this column wider so that I can see the full package names?
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ELPA/Marmalade reports "cannot open load file" for ~/.emacs.d/elpa/archives/-pkg

I have installed Marmalade and downloaded some interesting packages. But now, when I start Emacs I get this error: Cannot open load file: c:/Documents and Settings/Carlos/Datos de programa/.emacs.d/elpa/archives/-pkg If I use --debug-init, I…
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How do I submit updates of packages?

How do I submit updates of packages that I use to the ELPA? Can someone provide an example of how to prepare paredit-22, for example, to put onto the ELPA?
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Delete built-in packages in Emacs

Is it possible to remove built-in Emacs packages like "tetris"? They can't be marked to be deleted in package list as of 24.1. It would be nice to have a minimal installation of Emacs - even though barely useful - by deleting some or all built-in…
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Installing ECB in emacs 24 in ubuntu

I understand from this question that CEDET is installed in emacs 24 without additional installation, so I don't need to follow those instructions here, or the CEDET part here. I am not using the emacs starter kit, like this answer. So, when I use…
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Slime mode error

I was following the guide and information from A gentle tutorial to Emacs/Swank/Paredit for Clojure However after opening elpa and installing clojure-mode, slime and paredit. I restarted emacs and then attempted to use M-x slime however it…
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Clojure 1.2 is released! How to get swank-clojure to use this?

I just set up a new emacs installation, installed ELPA and installed swank-clojure with using ELPA. Although Clojure 1.2 is released, when I hit "M-x slime", it still downloaded Clojure 1.1 for me instead of 1.2 How do I get it to use 1.2 now that…
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packages dependence between el-get and elpa

I am try to use el-get to manage my packages because it is good to update the latest from github. But sometimes the package I want is only available in ELPA. So I use (:name :type elpa) to install them. Now my problem is: I…
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Avoiding version numbers from elpa in my init.el file

How do I avoid hardcoding version numbers in my load paths when writing my init.el file? Every time I go through and update my packages, I have to do the same in my init.el file. It'd be great if I could do something like this: (setq…
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customize emacs 24 ELPA working location

How to change default installed packages location? I'd like to build stand-alone emacs distribution. Something that I can put on net folder or a usb stick, unpack on arbitrary system that has emacs itself installed, work with provided settings and…
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Dotfiles repository: Switching from per-package Git submodules to ELPA while maintaining portability

I've been using Git submodules within my dotfiles repository to track each Emacs package that I use. With a package manager being built-in with Emacs 24, though, I'd like to switch to the more official and easier-to-use method. My problem with…
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Why are official ELPA repositories not accessible from within China Mainland

I am setting up my archlinux-desktop in mainland China. While configuring ELPA for emacs, it turned out that (at least) the following archives are not available: (setq package-archives '( ("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/") ("melpa" .…
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