Re: Slime/Melpa: Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, ../lib/macrostep

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On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 4:13:58 PM UTC-4, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> I just installed Slime from Melpa but when
> I now byte compile Emacs it says,
> 
>     Error: Cannot open load file: no such file
>     or directory, ../lib/macrostep.
> 
> The thing that might complicate matters is
> I had SLIME from my package manager but reading
> the manual where it said
> 
>     The easiest way to install and keep SLIME
>     up-to-date is using Emacs's built-in
>     package manager. SLIME is available from
>     the MELPA repository. [1]
> 
> I did 'sudo aptitude purge slime' to get
> a fresh start, then I installed via Melpa.
> 
> Still, what happened (?), shouldn't
> happen, right?
> 
> [1] https://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Installation.html
> 
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You should be able to fix this issue by adding (package-initialize) to the top 
of your Emacs init file. 

See 
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/5828/why-do-i-have-to-add-each-package-to-load-path-or-problem-with-require-packag
 for details.