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(use-package dired) complains:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Package ‘dired-’ is unavailable")

But I see others' emacs configurations do use (use-package dired), for example:

https://github.com/lunaryorn/.emacs.d/blob/088ac57/init.el#L829

https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs.d/blob/d94a751b/init.el#L295

https://github.com/mattss/emacs.d/blob/4e3cb1f5/init.el#L113

What's needed to make dired use-package-able? Is this something to do with cask?

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    Have you set use-package-always-ensure?
    – npostavs
    Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 3:46
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    Yes! And :ensure nil stops it complaining. Thank you, why not add that as an answer?
    – Croad Langshan
    Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 11:45
  • By the way, I guess the fact that the argument is dired means little here, in that case, and it's just functioning as a label... correct?
    – Croad Langshan
    Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 11:46
  • It's one example of a non-package.el "package", see my answer.
    – npostavs
    Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 13:47
  • In 2019, do use-package and use-package-always-ensure still exist in the latest Emacs?
    – Lassi
    Commented Nov 29, 2019 at 19:34

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Package ‘dired-’ is unavailable")

You get this error when package.el tries to install a non-existent package. use-package will attempt to install the given package name if you pass or :ensure t or you have set use-package-always-ensure to non-nil. Use :ensure nil to override use-package-always-ensure. You need to do this for any non-package.el package (of which dired is one example) that you use-package with.

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