Install a list of packages via a loop
adamoudad opened this issue · 2 comments
adamoudad commented
Hi,
I want to install a bunch of packages with the same call to use-package
. I try the following.
(defvar packages-no-config
'(auctex
caml
fish-mode
) "Default packages to install that do not need any further configuration.")
(dolist (package packages-no-config nil)
(use-package package
:ensure t))
However the dolist
sexp does nothing and returns nil
. My questions are
- is it possible to programmatically install a list of packages via a loop?
- am I doing it right? If not, how?
I searched for some code doing what I try to achieve but did not find anything, therefore I am asking here, as I am suspecting this might be an intended behaviour of use-package
.
Thanks for your help.
Adam.
progfolio commented
use-package is a macro and so the package
arg you are passing to it is not being evaluated.
You could do something like the following:
(dolist (package packages-no-config)
(eval `(use-package ,package :ensure t) t))
adamoudad commented
I see! I had to learn how to use a macro.
Sorry for the unrelated issue then, thanks!