Re: ELPA installation instructions fail

[Michael Albinus]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

Hi Dan,

> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tramp.html
> says
> To install this package, run in Emacs:
>
> M-x package-install RET tramp RET
>
> but when I do that, I get
>
> tramp-
>
> and it won't let me hit RET.
>
> I must pick tramp-nspawn or tramp-theme.

The text you have quoted is the standard text GNU ELPA adds to every
package. However, package-install works only for not installed yet
packages. If you want to upgrade to a newer version, try

  M-x package-update RET tramp RET

If you like, you could report this as bug report to the ELPA maintainers
via

  M-x report-emacs-bug RET

Best regards, Michael.