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I am using different Emacs starter kits. The problem is that each starter kit, I use different directories (for example, for prelude I use´.emacsPrelude.d´, for SciMax I use ´.emacsSciMax.d´) . But all starter kits shares a common directory inside the directories, which is called Elpa. I can't use the same directory because each has different directory structure. Is there any Emacs command to define where Elpa packages will be installed? Or can I change the Elpa directory in my ´init.el´ file?

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  • How about using a different package-user-dir for different setups. When Emacs starts, it can ask you which starter kit / setup you want to use and then assign the corresponding package-user-dir. You can take it one step further and even have different user-emacs-directory ... assigning the value on startup.
    – lawlist
    Commented Jul 9, 2019 at 22:59
  • @lawlist, I found a similar question on here. It looks ´package-user-dir´ right way to proceed. Could you elaborate a little bit about ´user-emacs-directory´. And how can I arrange my ´init´ file that Emacs ask me whict starter kit/ setup I want to use and then assign the corresponding ´package-user-dir´.
    – ofenerci
    Commented Jul 9, 2019 at 23:19
  • Here is a link to an example of what I had in mind in terms of Emacs asking the user which settings to load and adjusting the package-user-dir accordingly: github.com/lawlist/countdown-timer Changing the user-emacs-directory is something I do programmatically when using different computers and different operating systems ... because the paths will be different.
    – lawlist
    Commented Jul 10, 2019 at 1:33
  • I like all of my stuff to be in one main folder so that I can easily backup and synchronize with other computers and handheld devices. My main directory with all the stuff is /Users/HOME/.0.data and my Emacs installation and related Emacs-stuff is /Users/HOME/.0.data/.0.emacs. I set the user-emacs-directory to /Users/HOME/.0.data/.0.emacs/ -- ensuring that it has a forward trailing slash . My w32 virtual machine (Parallels) has an Emacs installation and I set the user-emacs-directory as y:/.0.data/.0.emacs/, which is a mapped to the host computer where I have all my Emacs-stuff.
    – lawlist
    Commented Jul 10, 2019 at 14:28

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