Re: 290 elpa packages on Debian, but no tramp

[Michael Albinus]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:

> I swear there is a lot of elpa packages here on Debian sid,
>
> # apt-cache search ^elpa|wc -l
> 290
>
> Alas, tramp is not in the t's:
>
> # apt-cache search elpa|sort|grep -C 1 ^elpa-t
> elpa-systemd - major mode for editing systemd units
> elpa-tabbar - Emacs minor mode that displays a tab bar at the top
> elpa-tablist - tablist adds maks and filters to tabulated-list-mode
> elpa-transmission - Emacs interface to a Transmission session
> elpa-treepy - Generic tree traversal tools
> elpa-tuareg - emacs-mode for OCaml programs
> elpa-undercover - test coverage library for Emacs Lisp
>
> In fact nowhere at all:
>
> # apt-cache search ^elpa|grep -ic tramp
> 0
>
> That's all I know.

That's how Debian handles ELPA packages. Nothing we need to care about,
Emacs does it for you.

Read about Emacs packages in the manual (info "(emacs) Packages")
Apply "M-x list-packages". One of the packages is Tramp.

Best regards, Michael.