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Asked: 2026-06-05T23:32:40+00:00

I have installed some Emacs packages such as the starter-kit using M-x package-install .

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I have installed some Emacs packages such as the starter-kit using M-x package-install. Both of my ~/.emacs and ~/.emacs.d/init.el files are empty but the installed packages still get loaded.

I wonder how Emacs loads it’s installed packages? Where the code that loads the install packages resides?

I am using the pre-compiled Emacs24.BZR.106722.Win32 version.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There should be a ~/.emacs.d/elpa directory, which is where package.el (a.k.a. ELPA for Emacs Lisp Package Archive) stores its data.

    Failing that,
    C-hv package-user-dir RET

    Edit:

    From the NEWS file (C-hN):

    ** An Emacs Lisp package manager is now included.
    This is a convenient way to download and install additional packages,
    from a package repository at http://elpa.gnu.org.

    * M-x list-packages shows a list of packages, which can be
    selected for installation.

    * New command `describe-package‘, bound to `C-h P‘.

    * By default, all installed packages are loaded automatically when
    Emacs starts up. To disable this, set `package-enable-at-startup‘ to
    nil. To specify the packages to load, customize `package-load-list‘.

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