One can obtain Debian and Ubuntu packages newer than those included in the official versions, as well as build from source: see details here.
One can find lots of Emacs-related Debian packages with its search engine or with your favorite APT package management tool.
‘C-h i’
isn’t working for you.‘emacs-goodies-el’
is “now a metapackage that installs the elpa-* packages corresponding to some of the previously bundled add-ons”.‘debian-el’
: Emacs helpers specific to Debian users. Contains:install-info --section '[Dd]esired Section Name' 'New Section' --description='Manual Title' manual
install-info --section '[Bb]ooks' Textbooks --description='Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs' sicp
‘wajig’
, package manager for Emacsers.Please remember: The debian bug tracker is the prime place to report bugs in emacs packages. Keeping this list current is much easier if you add these infos:
The init files of the external packages should not, by default (or through an option), be loaded at startup, unless the user (or the administrator) declares (require ‘external-packages-inits) or requires packages or their init files individually.
Most debian packages that contain add on el files that would be installed site wide actually already do this.
If a specific package installs itself site wide, and you later decide that this is not what you want, you can always remove the offending file from /etc/emacs/site-start.d/ This change is sancrosant, and a Debian package will not later reinstall this file. (If it does, please file an RC bug using reportbug with Severity: serious)