#+title: Emacs Package Setup Install =straight= for better package management. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle ~/.config/emacs/package-setup.el :mkdirp yes (defvar bootstrap-version) (let ((bootstrap-file (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" (or (bound-and-true-p straight-base-dir) user-emacs-directory))) (bootstrap-version 7)) (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file) (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radian-software/straight.el/develop/install.el" 'silent 'inhibit-cookies) (goto-char (point-max)) (eval-print-last-sexp))) (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage)) #+end_src Install =use-package= for declarative package installation. Make =use-package= default to =ensure t= so that packages are enabled if they are declared. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle ~/.config/emacs/package-setup.el :mkdirp yes (straight-use-package 'use-package) (setq straight-use-package-by-default t) #+end_src