Adding Marmalade as Package Source

Question

I'm trying to add Marmalade as a package source, but when I do so I get the error:Symbol's value as variable is void: package-archives. Anyone know how to resolve this? Below is my .emacs file.

;;; This was installed by package-install.el.
;;; This provides support for the package system and
;;; interfacing with ELPA, the package archive.
;;; Move this code earlier if you want to reference
;;; packages in your .emacs.
(when
    (load
     (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/elpa/package.el"))
  (package-initialize))

(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d"))
(add-to-list 'load-path  "~/.emacs.d/plugins")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/plugins/color-theme")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/plugins/groovy")

(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
         '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))
(package-initialize)

To install package.el

I ran the following code:

(let ((buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously
           "http://tromey.com/elpa/package-install.el")))
  (save-excursion
    (set-buffer buffer)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (re-search-forward "^$" nil 'move)
    (eval-region (point) (point-max))
    (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))

Alamode

What is the version of package.el? How did you get it? If it's the elpa package.el: It doesn't include package-archives and has no possibility to add repositories. – Mccaslin

@Michael Markert: I think the latest one; I got it by running the code at the bottom of my OP. Yes, it's the elpa package.el. Which other package.el(s) are there? – Alamode

Answer 1

Use the package.el to be included with emacs24, as the ELPA version doesn't include package-archives and support for multiple repositories.

It is found here (emacs24!): http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/annotate/head:/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el

Last emacs23 compatible version: http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/blob/ba08b24186711eaeb3748f3d1f23e2c2d9ed0d09:/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el

Drop it into your loadpath and settle for one type of loading (that is drop the lines after the comment).

Mccaslin

I'm using emacs 23.3.1 and the package.el you linked to doesn't seem to work. Further, do you want me to drop all the lines after the comments? Or just *(when ... )? – Alamode

Oh I forgot, backward compatibility was broken a few months ago, I added the last emacs23-compatible version to my post. As for dropping: Just the when and replace the require with the load if you want to keep the path. – Mccaslin