Emacs Package Manager
Introduction
EPM is a command-line wrapper for package.el that serves as an Emacs Package Manager on command-line.
Requirements
- Emacs 24.3 or higher
epl0.8 or higher
Installation
ELPA
EPM is available from Melpa and Melpa-stable, you can install EPM and its dependency easily
M-x package-install RET epm RET
Since the directory package is installed to is not stable, you can setup an alias
$ alias epm='~/.emacs.d/elpa/epm-*/epm'
Manually
Install EPM's dependency epl
M-x package-install RET epl RET
Obtain EPM via git
$ git clone https://github.com/xuchunyang/epm.git
Add EPM's directory to your PATH
$ export PATH=/path/to/epm/:$PATH
Usage
Run epm --help to learn the usage, below is the ouput on my machine:
$ epm --help
epm - Emacs Package Manager
Usage:
epm <command>
epm [option]
Commands:
refresh Download package archives
install PACKAGE Install a package
reinstall PACKAGE Reinstall a package
list List installed packages
delete PACKAGE Delete a package
info PACKAGE Display information about a package
search PATTERN Search packages
outdated List outdated packages
upgrade [PACKAGE] Upgrade a outdated package (or all outdated packages)
Options:
-h, --help Display this message
-v, --version Print version info and exit
Environment Variable:
EMACS The command name or executable path of Emacs
Startup File:
~/.epm.el The file contains code to bootstrap package.el
Refer to /Users/xcy/Projects/epm/.epm.el as an example
Before you can actually use EPM to do some real package management,
you may need to set EMACS and add ~/.epm.el.
Sample Startup File
;; Emacs China ELPA mirror <http://elpa.emacs-china.org/> is faster in China
(setq package-archives '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.zilongshanren.com/gnu/")
("melpa" . "http://elpa.zilongshanren.com/melpa/")
("org" . "http://elpa.zilongshanren.com/org/")))
;; This is mandatory
(package-initialize)
See also .epm.el