Install Instructions Causes Error

[the-arkhive]

OS: Arch
PKM: pacman
emacs Version: 28.2

Steps to Reproduce

Uninstall any preexisting emacs install and files
sudo pacman -R emacs
sudo rm -r ~/.emacs.d
sudo rm ~/.emacs

Install emacs
sudo pacman -S emacs

Make emacs init file
touch ~/.emacs.d/init.el

Edit init file

;; Adds melpa package access
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)

;; Adds path to custom themes
;; Found some other posts saying this might help, doesn’t seem to be causing any errors
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/elpa/")

;; loads the preferred theme (must be installed already)                                                
(load-theme catppuccin :no-confirm)

Launch emacs

Refresh package list
M-x package-refresh-contents or M-x package-list-packages

Install catppuccin-theme package
M-x package-install catppuccin-theme

Restart emacs

ERROR:

Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/home/linuxbox/.emacs.d/init.el’:

Symbol's value as variable is void: catppuccin

I can use M-x customize-theme and select catppuccin, but the result is the blue colors in the attached image.

I have made sure my terminal (tmux) and emacs are outputting in 256 colors

[the-arkhive]

UPDATE: I’ve kept tweaking and have managed to get a slightly different error.

My init.el looks like this now.

;; Adds melpa package access                                                                          
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)

;; enables mouse mode                                                                                 
(xterm-mouse-mode 1)

;; Adds path to custom themes                                                                         
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/elpa/catppuccin-theme-20230711.1235")

;; loads the preferred theme (must be installed already)                                              
(require 'catppuccin))
(load-theme catppuccin :no-confirm)

The error is now:

Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/home/linuxbox/.emacs.d/init.el’:

File is missing: Cannot open load file, No such file or directory, catppuccin

[byronclark]

@the-arkhive It's not in the install instructions but the piece you're missing may be (require 'catppuccin-theme).

[the-arkhive]

I did try that at one point and forgot to mention it. Clearly some theme is being loaded automatically on launch, and according to the customize-theme command the one being loaded is Catppuccin, but that’s yielding the blue colors. When I disable it the colors seem to match the catppuccin tmux theme, which just seems very backwards. I’ve attached a short screencast to hopefully make it clearer.

IMG_0415.MOV

My init.el looks like:

;; Adds melpa package access
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
     '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
     (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)

;; enables mouse mode
(xterm-mouse-mode 1)

;; Adds path to custom themes
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "/home/linuxbox/.emacs.d/elpa/")

;; loads the preferred theme (must be installed already)
(require 'catppuccin-theme)
(load-theme 'catppuccin :no-confirm)

I get no errors when launching emacs with this config, only the incorrect colors.

[KaranAhlawat]

This looks like you're using terminal Emacs. Is that the case?

[the-arkhive]

Ah yes, is this for the GUI version?

[NamesCode]

Im unsure, It should support terminal emacs? Can you try it in GUI emacs?

[NamesCode]

Heyo! just checking if this issue is still active?

[the-arkhive]

Heyo! just checking if this issue is still active?

Hey, sorry. I've ended up mostly using Vim at the moment. I can check, but I wasn't really planning on using the gui version. Sorry to keep you hanging.

[NamesCode]

Heyo! just checking if this issue is still active?

Hey, sorry. I've ended up mostly using Vim at the moment. I can check, but I wasn't really planning on using the gui version. Sorry to keep you hanging.

No, worries! It's my fault tbh for the few month late reply 😃. If you could check that'd be great to see if its a TUI only issue or GUI too

[NamesCode]

Closing as inactive