Problem with init.el file on Ubuntu 14.04 legacy with emacs 27.2

[IstiCusi]

Dear Dave, I am totally new to emacs, like it, but rush into a problem. I tried directly your script and run into the following error message:

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Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘~/.emacs.d/init.el’:

error: Package ‘use-package-’ is unavailable

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace.

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while such runs (first line fixes tls issue on the old machine):

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;; ---- > (debug-on-entry 'package-initialize) < ----

;; ========================================================================== ;; ======================= Fix for ubuntu 14.04 ============================ ;; ==========================================================================

(setq gnutls-algorithm-priority "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.0")

;; ========================================================================== ;; ======================= Changed key bindings ============================ ;; ==========================================================================

;; Esc quit prompts (as ctrl-g did)

(global-set-key (kbd "") 'keyboard-escape-quit)

;; ========================================================================== ;; ====================== Standard emacs settings =========================== ;; ==========================================================================

;; Copy from linux buffer

(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)

;; Core simplifications

(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

(scroll-bar-mode -1) ; Disable visible scrollbar (tool-bar-mode -1) ; Disable the toolbar (tooltip-mode -1) ; Disable tooltips (set-fringe-mode 10) ; Give some breathing room (menu-bar-mode -1) ; Disable the menu bar (setq visible-bell t) ; visible bell (column-number-mode) (global-display-line-numbers-mode t) ; line numbering

;; Font settings

(defvar efs/default-font-size 180) (defvar efs/default-variable-font-size 180) (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font "Fira Code Retina" :height efs/default-font-size) (set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch nil :font "Fira Code Retina" :height efs/default-font-size)

;; Transparent window

(defvar efs/frame-transparency '(97 . 97)) (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha efs/frame-transparency) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist `(alpha . ,efs/frame-transparency)) (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'fullscreen 'maximized) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized))

;; Styling ;-)

(set-background-color "#FFF6FD")

;; ========================================================================== ;; ======================== Plugin emacs settings =========================== ;; ==========================================================================

; --- Provide the melpa packages

(require 'package)

(setq package-archives '(("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") ("elpa" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))

(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t)

(unless package-archive-contents (package-refresh-contents))

; --- Usage package

(require 'use-package) (setq use-package-always-ensure t)

(use-package auto-package-update :custom (auto-package-update-interval 7) (auto-package-update-prompt-before-update t) (auto-package-update-hide-results t) :config (auto-package-update-maybe) (auto-package-update-at-time "09:00")) (custom-set-variables '(package-selected-packages '(auto-package-update use-package))) (custom-set-faces )

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Two questions I have:

a) Why is your init.el not running in my settings (I tried also on a debian virtual machine) b) How can I stop emacs in each startup to contact the servers

Could you have a short look into this, if you have time ... would be extremly nice

Thanks a lot and cheers, Stephan

[ThibaultGH]

Hey @IstiCusi, I'm maybe 80% sure that you init.el files just misses the following lines: ;; Initialize use-package on non-Linux platforms (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package) (package-install 'use-package))

Which basically says "if use-package is not installed, use package-install to install it" Like so you should not get this error message when running emacs now