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This is the script I used to initialise packages in emacs:

Inside ~/.emacs.d/init.d

(load (expand-file-name "package_init.el")
      user-emacs-directory)

Inside ~/.emacs.d/package_init.el

(require 'package) ;; You might already have this line
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize) ;; You might already have this line

These two scripts work well in emacs 24.

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However it does not work in Aquamacs (melpa is not added to the variable package-archives)

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I have already verified that aquamacs reads init.el when it starts. Here is the start up message in *message* buffer

Loading prestart plugin files ...
... done.
Wrote /Users/antkong/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Packages/.nosearch
Shell: /bin/zsh
Loading /Users/antkong/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Recent Files.el (source)...done
Cleaning up the recentf list...done (0 removed)
22 environment variables imported from login shell (/bin/zsh).
Loading /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/aquamacs/3.2/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex.el (source)...done
Loading plugins ...
Loading /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/aquamacs/3.2/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/site-start.el (source)...done
... done.
Loading `custom-file' failed.
Loading /Users/antkong/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Preferences.el (source)...done
Mark set
one-buffer-one-frame-mode disabled.
Mark set [26 times]
Loading /Users/antkong/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/frame-positions.el (source)...done
file-error: (Opening directory no such file or directory /Users/antkong/Library/Logs/CrashReporter)
Mark set [5 times]
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    Note that (load (expand-file-name "package_init.el") user-emacs-directory) is wrong. You probably meant (load (expand-file-name "package_init.el" user-emacs-directory))
    – Malabarba
    Apr 6, 2015 at 23:29

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I think I found out why.

The variable user-emacs-directory is set to "~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Packages/" by default.

When I add this to ~/.emacs.d/init.el,

(setq user-emacs-directory "~/.emacs.d")

the problem is resolved.

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  • At the bottom of the link to the following thread are a few variables that the user may customize after Aquamacs is built: stackoverflow.com/a/16444817/2112489 -- some, however, cannot be changed unless done prior to building it from source. The thread is about 2 year old and I haven't touched it since, but the variables that are modifiable probably haven't changed.
    – lawlist
    Apr 6, 2015 at 3:49
  • However there is a reason Aquamacs changed this - with that value some things break - see Aquamacs code line 197 > ;; Before Aquamcas 3.1, user-emacs-directory was not in "Packages" ;; It was moved to the new location in order to avoid having ;; emacs-user-directory as part of load-path, which caused (load "tramp") to ;; load the wrong file. GNU Emacs bug #18512
    – mmmmmm
    Apr 23, 2019 at 10:16

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