I usually use load-file with the full pathname including extension

(load-file "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess-12.09/lisp/ess-site.el")

should work.  the version you tried might have given error messages.  Check
the *Messages* buffer.

Rich

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Paul Allison <allison@wecker.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install ess 12.09 on Solaris 10 10/09 s10s_u8wos_08a for
> SPARC.  The installation directory is
> /opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess-12.09/.  Whether I add:
> (load "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess-12.09/lisp/ess-site")
> or
> (require 'ess-site)
> to my ~/.emacs file, I do not go into ess mode.
>
> If I am in emacs and I type:
> M-x ess-mode
> or
> M-x ess-site
> I get
> [no match]
>
> However:
> M-x tex-mode
> works fine.
>
> It seems that my copy of emacs does not know of the existence of an ess
> mode even after installing it but my copy of emacs can switch into other
> modes.
>
> Please can you tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
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