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Emacs has a package manager, it works fine. I particularly like that I can script it to install my packages on first run.

• bachback 13y ago
  works fine = work fine for me after I have spend x hours looking around the net, writing elisp myself. that's the whole problem with lisp. it is not communal, because it does not enforce standards.
  • ElliotH 13y ago
    M-x package-refresh-contents M-x package-install <package name> That's with a blank .emacs file on Emacs 24 on a brand new user account I created just to test that for you. EDIT: (ofc the auto-installing my favourite packages stuff is elisp I wrote)
  • davexunit 13y ago
    (package-initialize) Wow, now you have access to the package manager. Emacs is meant to be customized heavily by its users and the language to do so is Elisp. If you are afraid of that then I don't know what to tell you. You are quick to condemn all Lisps with an assertion that doesn't make sense to me.
  • sixthloginorso 13y ago
    I don't understand, what's wrong with package-list-packages? It has concise descriptions, MELPA is kept very well updated, and and installing plugins is a breeze, no elisp configuration is necessary for like 90% of the packages you install.