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The documentation of package-install says: "Install the package PKG. PKG can be a package-desc [...]", but then it doesn't explain what is the format of a package-desc.

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    Take a look at the definition in package.el. May 19, 2017 at 3:47
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    Please consider filing an Emacs bug / enhancement request to improve that doc: M-x report-emacs-bug. Users shouldn't have to look at the source code to understand that, presumably.
    – Drew
    May 19, 2017 at 4:05
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    C-h o package-desc should describe it (and actually "package-desc" in the above docstring should be surrounded with `...' so that you can just click on it to get that info).
    – Stefan
    May 19, 2017 at 13:32
  • @Stefan Yours is an answer. Please post it as such, so that I can choose it. Thanks.
    – Eleno
    May 20, 2017 at 9:23

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C-h o package-desc RET should describe it (and actually "package-desc" in the above docstring should be surrounded with `...' so that you can just click on it to get that info. I already fixed it in Emacs's master branch, so don't bother reporting it, tho).

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