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| − | This code will check if el-get is already installed, and if not will do so through git (so you need git : ''apt-get install git''). | + | This code will check if el-get is already installed, and if not will do so through git (so you need git : ''apt-get install git-core''). |
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= Basic Setup = | = Basic Setup = | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 9 August 2012
| Description | Package Manager |
|---|---|
| Author | name of author |
| Maintainer | Dimitri Fontaine |
| Source | https://github.com/dimitri/el-get |
| Part of Emacs | no |
el-get is a popular package manager for Emacs written by Dimitri Fontaine. El-get supports many different back ends. The differs with other package managers by not having a central repository for the archival of packages. Instead it uses recipe files which are simply contains pointers to the sources and installation methods.
Installation
Add the following into your ~/.emacs :
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get")
(unless (require 'el-get nil t)
(url-retrieve
"https://raw.github.com/dimitri/el-get/master/el-get-install.el"
(lambda (s)
(end-of-buffer)
(eval-print-last-sexp))))
and execute it : M-x eval-current-buffer. This code will check if el-get is already installed, and if not will do so through git (so you need git : apt-get install git-core).
Basic Setup
Useful Functions
See also
package.el aka ELPA, the Emacs Lisp Package Archive.