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Updating packages in Emacs

I have the following setup for packages (not sure if there is a better recommended one): (require 'package) (setq package-archives …

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Emacs behind HTTP proxy

Emacs is able to access the Internet with packages such as url.el or the W3 web browser. Also, the …

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Error updating emacs packages: Failed to download 'gnu' archive

My init.el uses this to initialize packages: (package-initialize) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")) (add-to-list 'package-archives …

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Use ELPA (Emacs) behind a proxy requiring authentication

I have read this and this question. In both they say Emacs can deal with authentication, but it does not …

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Adding Marmalade as Package Source

I'm trying to add Marmalade as a package source, but when I do so I get the error:Symbol's value …

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How to rebuild ELPA packages after upgrade of Emacs

I just upgraded GNU Emacs from 23 to 24 on MacOS and some ELPA installed packages stopped working. One of them is …

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package-refresh-contents hangs at Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:80

I'm running Emacs 24.4 for Windows (installed through Chocolatey) and trying to install CIDER. When I run M-x package-install [RET] cider […

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Emacs: list-packages [no match]

I'm new to Emacs. I'd like to install a package, but doing M-x package-install says there is no such command. …

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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 …

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How do I configure Emacs behind an authenticated HTTP proxy?

There's another question that answers this though it doesn't specify anything regarding proxy authentication. Its solution is (setq url-proxy-services '(("…

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