Re: where to get "use-package"? [was: Re: use pdf-tools in Emacs]

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On 5/1/23 6:30 AM, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> "gebser@mousecar.com" <gebser@mousecar.com> writes:
>
> > On 4/27/23 2:30 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> > > (use-package pdf-tools
> > >     :ensure t
> > >     :init
> > >     (pdf-tools-install))
> >
> > Executing the above yields error:
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function use-package)
> >    (use-package pdf-tools :ensure t :init (pdf-tools-install))
> >    elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
> >    eval-last-sexp(nil)
> >    funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
> >    command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
> >
> > Then "C-h f use-package RET" shows it absent.  So installed
> > "emacs-devel" but that didn't provide "use-package".  So what needs to
> > be installed to acquire "use-package"?
>
> The package is available on ELPA, so you need a M-x package-install RET
> use-package RET before evaluating the expression.  From Emacs 29
> onwards, it will be bundled in the default Emacs release.
>
> > Thanks much.

Wow!  Yeah, that installed quite a few packages.  No error now.  Thanks 
much!