Re: How do you get the packages to load in 21.4.9 Native or Cygwin?
I'm stuck with similar problems with both Native and Cygwin on XP. The
following problem report describes some of my efforts on Xemacs (Cygwin) on
XP.
Setup.exe does install the packages, and it appears they work. However, they
cannot be configured via the menu entry "Options, Advanced(customize),
Emacs, Packages." Moreover, the menu item "Tools, Packages, List and
install" doesn't work at all.
Setting EMACSPACKAGEPATH to "D:\cygwin\usr\local" makes some difference.
"Tools, Packages, List and install" will load *packages*, but there are no
installed versions, only latest versions. After selecting some packages to
install and doing "Install/Remove packages," the message "Unable to find
file <x>.tar.gz," where <x> is one of the package files previously
selected.
On the other hand, after this failed attempt to List and install, the menu
entry "Options, Advanced(customize), Emacs, Packages." does work.
Varioius settings for EMACSPACKAGEPATH give worse results.
M-x describe-variable RET configure-package-path RET gives the following:
`configure-package-path' is a simple built-in variable.
Value: nil
Documentation:
For internal use by the build procedure only.
configure's idea of what the package path will be.
END OF M-x describe-variable RET configure-package-path RET
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M-x describe-installation gives the following:
uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 TSUNAMI 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) 2002-07-06 02:16 i686
unknown
./configure '--with-dragndrop' '--with-postgresql=no'
'--with-x=no'
'--bindir=/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin' '--with-site-lisp=yes'
'--with-ipv6-cname=no' '--with-netinstall'
XEmacs 21.4.9 "Informed Management (Windows [1])" configured for
`i686-pc-cygwin'.
Compilation / Installation:
Source code location: /development/xemacs/xemacs-21.4-release
Installation prefix: /usr/local
Operating system description file: `s/cygwin32.h'
Machine description file: `m/intel386.h'
Compiler:
gcc -I/usr/lib/../include/noX -I/usr/lib/../include/noX -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-sw
itch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith
Relocating allocator for buffers: no
GNU version of malloc: yes
Window System:
Compiling in support for the Microsoft window system.
Using MS-Windows menubars.
Using MS-Windows scrollbars.
Using MS-Windows dialog boxes.
Using MS-Windows native widgets.
Compiling in support for Drag'n'Drop (EXPERIMENTAL).
- Drag'n'Drop prototype: msw.
TTY:
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Images:
Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin).
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG images.
Compiling in support for JPEG images.
Compiling in support for TIFF images.
Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
Sound:
Compiling in support for sound (native).
Databases:
Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
Internationalization:
Compiling in support for file coding.
Mail:
Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval.
Other Features:
Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
END OF M-x describe-installation
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ville Skyttä" <ville.skytta(a)xemacs.org>
To: "Richard Logwood" <itoolerdev(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: How do you get the packages to load in 21.4.9 Native or Cygwin?
On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 02:41, Richard Logwood wrote:
> I've been banging my head against the wall with
> attempting to get the packages to load.
>
> I've manually set both the configure-packages-path and
> load-path. I've tried to explicitly do a load-file and
> eval-buffer on for example
> ./xemacs-packages/lisp/dired.el.
You shouldn't do any of those. If installed properly, the packages
should Just Work. Check out the package installation instructions at
<http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packageGuide.html>;. You can also
use netinstaller to install them on Windows.
Please use <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org> for this kind of reports, the
-patches list is for patches. The mailing list descriptions are at
<http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/index.html>;.
> I've had no luck getting anything to work correctly.
>
> Would someone provide some insight please? I'm
> running Windows XP.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
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\/ille Skyttä
ville.skytta at xemacs.org