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Re: Is it possible to activate a GNU ELPA package by installing another package?



Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckmann@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> the debian pspp package currently provides an Emacs pspp-mode by installing an elpa package as „external“ package. This is automatically active, i.e. when I open a .sps file. The pspp-mode.el now moved into the GNU ELPA repository
>
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/pspp-mode.html
>
> Do you have a preferred way how I can install and activate the
> pspp-mode GNU ELPA package when I install the debian pspp package? The
> idea is that by installing pspp, the pspp-mode is automagically active
> in emacs. I do not know how this can be achieved in the debian pspp
> package and would appreciate some advice.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-dev/2020-07/msg00011.html
>

You can package the version from elpa using dh_elpa. The tool
dh-make-elpa can generate an initial package for you.  You could also
join the debian-emacsen team and host the package in our salsa repo.

The new elpa-pspp package could then be recommended by pspp.

If you don't want to package it yourself, you can file an RFP bug, CC
this list.

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