I am using spacemacs and I am attempting to install packages with M-x "package install $package-name". The particular package I am trying to install is SLY, A newer implementation of The SLIME REPL for Common Lisp. When I Install the package when I start up spacemacs it works fine. However when exiting spacemacs it somehow gets deleted. After googling this issue I found this page https://develop.spacemacs.org/doc/FAQ.html. I followed the instructions and changed my .spacemacs config. I added the line dotspacemacs-install-packages 'used-but-keep-unused. What am I doing wrong.
You should add your personal packages to dotspacemacs-additional-packages
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What's the best way to install packages in spacemacs?
1. Using M-x package-install
2. Include the packages to be installed in dotspacemacs-additional-packages
3. (use-package )
I couldn't find a definite answer anywhere.
Using the package-install to install packages modified the package-selected-packages automatically. Shall I remove all the packages there and include them in dotspacemacs-additional-packages?
I want to keep my .emacs synchronised between my local mac and my home directory in a linux server. So, I was wondering about removing this automatically modified package-selected-packages variable.
Recently I pass to Emacs org because is really convenient to me to write note there.
So I installed all packages I needed (principally ORG and EVIL) but I didn't understand how to setup everything.
I installed emacs from brew without using cask, I linked it, and I'm sure that I'm using the version that I installed (26.1).
So in my ~/ folder I have a .emacs file in which I set up evil mode, and I have a /.emacs.d/ in which I have a lot of file. The problem is: whatever I wrote in a ~/.emacs.d/init.el seems doesn't effect emacs.
So I said "whatever, I'm going on github and I installed some complete configurations and then I customized them myself". I tried to install these two configurations.
https://github.com/hrs/dotfiles
https://github.com/larstvei/dot-emacs?files=1
But for some reason, after doing exactly what they say on README.org
nothing happens.
In particular the second link, after install and open emacs said I need to have ~/.cask/.cask.el but I don't have it.
Advice?
I am working on a server which uses a really old emacs. The only way to install plugins is by downloading the .el files and adding them to the ~/.emacs/ folder and then sourcing it from the main .emacs file. Would someone know of a C/C++ autocomplete plugin which works with Emacs 21? I tried auto-complete-mode but I get an error.
An error has occurred while loading `/home/sbhalla/.emacs':
Symbol's function definition is void: defvaralias
The same auto-complete-mode works fine on emacs 22.
You might be able to run Emacs 24 without root access:
Download and untar Emacs 24: http://gnu.mirror.iweb.com/emacs/emacs-24.5.tar.gz
./configure && make. It may tell you to disable some options, e.g. I had to compile ./configure --without-jpg --without-png
You should be able to run ./src/emacs
I've done this to get the latest version of Emacs on university machines without sudo access, so it could probably work for you too.
When I tried to install flycheck package on emacs24, it show error that let-alist1.0.1 unavailable. But I heard that let-alist is built-in package of emacs25, I wonder is there any work-around for emacs24?
let-alist is available from ELPA. Use
M-x list-packages
to pull up a list of available packages, then search for let-atlist (C-M-s as usual). Then install it. See also here.
Alternatively, you can download it from here and install it manually. ELPA is easier, though.
I'm pretty new to emacs and I'm currently trying to configure it properly for my needs, but I can't make it load web-mode at all.
So, this is what I've done:
Downloaded web-mode.el from GitHub
Made sure the file is located in the correct directory: ~/.emacs.d/web-mode.el
Used the installation instructions from the official page
My .emacs file now looks like this
Issue:
When I'm trying to edit any of the file types specified in the .emacs file, it only runs the default modes. PHP Abbrev for PHP etc... I'm not receiving any error messages and when I'm running --debug-init it does not give any output.
Emacs version: GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.9) of 2012-03-01 on sl6.fnal.gov
OS: Scientific Linux
Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot this further, or have solved similar issues?
You should let el-get install it for you. El-get is a package manager for emacs. It can install packages from github, emacswiki, elpa, an url, … http://wikemacs.org/index.php/El-get
It's very handy, you can update scripts easily, it manages dependencies, it lets you discover many stuff, you can easily share your config accross machines, etc.
Emacs 24 has package.el or ELPA by default. One can install it on emacs 23, but my experience isn't conclusive so I'd advise sticking with el-get, which is great.