try the full file pathname (with the extension .el)

> (load "/usr/local/ess/lisp/ess-site.el")

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On Apr 13, 2012, at 17:41, Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 23:28, Dylan Canfield
> <dylan.canfield@colorado.edu> wrote:
>> After adding the quotes, I get the following error:
>> Error in init file: Symbol's function definition is void: locate-file
> 
> Yes,  and above you mention that your emacs version is 21.4.1
> Yes, I believe that this is the officially supported  emacs version on the
> super stable and hence professionally used RHEL5 (Redhat Linux
> Enterprise version 5).
> 
> Still, we have been somewhat more reluctant than in the past to support
> "very old" (I know, this is debatable!) versions of emacs.
> 
> If I had a bit more time, I would indeed try to help keeping ESS
> running, at least with all the "old functionality" (i.e. possibly not
> supporting new stuff such as 'eldoc ...),
> but I really don't have the time, currently...
> 
> But I would accept patches .. if you find someone else to do the work,
> and I could even test them on one of our important servers which runs RHEL5.
> 
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
> 
>> 
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Dylan
>> 
>>> you need quotes around the file name
>>> (load "/usr/local/ess/lisp/ess-site")
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Dylan Canfield <[1]dylan.canfield@colorado.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>     ess-help,
>>>     I am having trouble getting ess-12.04 to work on my RHEL5 system. Here
>>>     is some information about my setup:
>>> 
>>>     Linux 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>     GNU Emacs 21.4.1
>>> 
>>>     I have added the following to my ~/.emacs file:
>>>     (load /usr/local/ess/lisp/ess-site)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     However when I start emacs, I get the following message:
>>>     Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void: /usr/local/ess/lisp/ess\
>>>     -site
>>> 
>>>     Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>>     Regards,
>>>     Dylan Canfield
>>>     [2]dylan.canfield@colorado.edu
>>> 
>>>     ______________________________________________
>>>     [3]ESS-help@r-project.org mailing list
>>>     [4]https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> References:
>>> 
>>> [1] mailto:dylan.canfield@colorado.edu
>>> [2] mailto:dylan.canfield@colorado.edu
>>> [3] mailto:ESS-help@r-project.org
>>> [4] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
>> 
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