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>>>> "Paul" == Paul Thompson
<paul(a)wubios.wustl.edu> writes:
Paul> I have been trying to work with the package management system.
Paul> Here is my problem.
Paul> xemacs 21.4.3
Paul> I do:
tools-> packages->add package
site->xemacs.org
tools-> packages->update package index
Try
M-x package-get-update-base
This will prompt you in the echo area/minibuffer and not bring up any
dialog boxes. There's some breakage there which I have yet to
diagnose.
Answer yes to update.
Hope this helps,
Adrian
Paul> This results in a dialog
Paul> Load Package-Get Database
Paul> File name: package-index.LATEST.pgp
Paul> I don't know how to set up this file.
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