@Rodney - I got ESS in the package manager through:
---------------------------
(require 'package)
(setq package-archives '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
                          ("marmalade" . "
http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")))
; Auto-complete:
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/") t)

(package-initialize)
---------------------------
and then M-x package-install ESS.

@Vitalie - Thanks for clarifying this. I do see various .elc files in the
package folder, but I am intrigued by how it the package manager compiled
those files without Makeconf (i.e. without the variables LISPDIR, INFODIR
and ETCDIR in Makeconf). The documentation says that one compiles E-lisp
using make. If the package installation didn't run make & make install, how
did it compile the E-lisp code?

Thanks,

James




On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> The package from MELPA imports only lisp and etc directories and it
> *does* compile elisp files (I have just tried). Make is essential only
> for pdf/html/info stuff.
>
> I am personally not using this distribution but other people reported
> that it works.  The missing info/ref-card can be solved on our side if
> we include a compiled version of those in the trunk. They actually used
> to be there till fairly recently. I think we should put these two back.
>
>     Vitalie
>
>   >> James Jong <ribonucleico@gmail.com>
>   >> on Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:03:41 -0500 wrote:
>
>   > I read on the documentation:
>   > http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/ess.html#Unix-installation
>
>   > the following:
>   > --------------------------------
>   > (OPTIONAL) COMPILING E-LISP:
>
>   > Edit the default locations of LISPDIR, INFODIR and ETCDIR in Section 1
> of
>   > Makeconf (if you are using XEmacs, then edit the XEmacs subsection in
>   > Section 1).
>
>   > You can compile those files by:
>   >           make all
>   > When that completes successfully, install the compiled files:
>   >           make install
>
>   > --------------------------------
>
>   > My question is, does M-x package manager take care of this? I would
> imagine
>   > the answer is no, but just in case.
>
>   > Thanks,
>
>   > James
>
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