Private Additional Packages possible?

[nugend]

Hi, I've defined a syntax highlighting package for a language I use. It doesn't need to do anything fancy or have any additional configuration with other modes. My global defaults are perfectly fine with it.

Is there a way to use dotspacemacs-additional-packages to make spacemacs load it up? What I'm trying right now is putting the my-mode.el file into ~/.emacs.d/private and specify dotspacemacs-additional-packages '(my-mode)

That doesn't seem to work. Not quite sure where I'm going wrong.

[jasoncyu]

i think dotspacemacs-additional-packages is for packages in a repo like melpa. Can you just (load-file ...) and (require ...) your package in dotspacemacs/config?

[nugend]

That works, but would it make sense for dotspacemacs-additional-packages to also look for packages in private? I'd like to eventually make this available through MELPA (there isn't a good one already out there), but I figured it'd make sense to test it locally first.

Sorry if I'm not getting it. I'm pretty new to spacemacs and getting a hang of the emacs ecosystem.

[ghost]

I'm not exactly certain what you are trying to do, but I suspect M-x configuration-layer/create-layer <RET> is what you want.

That is what I have used when trying out packages/layers I've created myself. See https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/blob/master/doc/DOCUMENTATION.org#configuration-layers for more info.

[pigmej]

create a layer and add your package as extension. (extension.el and extension folder).

[ghost]

A simpler way would be to set the "dont delete orphan packages bool" in ´.spacemacs´and then just install your desired package from paradox.

[pigmej]

@endrebak you can do it already, just define dotspacemacs-additional-packages

The problem is with custom el packages that you have on disk.

[ghost]

Thanks, had never used it myself. Now I better understand what it is for.

[StreakyCobra]

It is possible to add additional packages… well, in dotspacemacs-additional-packages. To use a local package, it is possible to use there the syntax presented in LAYERS.org#packages.el or, as already explained, to use (load-file …) and (require …).

This issue having been answered, and as there was no activity last 4 months, I'm closing it. Feel free to open a new issue if you have troubles with all this ☺️

[tcfunk]

@nugend I wasn't really able to get local packages to work, but I did get dotspacemacs-additional-packages to fetch a random github repo, if that helps you. Try something like the following:

dotspacemacs-additional-packages '(some-package
                                   (some-package2 :local (recipe
                                                          :fetcher github
                                                          :repo "someuser/some-package2"))

[adamcavendish]

Use :location local will give you what you would like.

dotspacemacs-additional-packages '(some-package (some-package2 :location local))

[LeaveNhA]

@adamcavendish any documentation on that ?

[nickbarnwell]

I spent forever figuring out how to do this to run some packages from my GH account before they're accepted to MELPA and eventually ended up looking through the spacemacs source to find it.

The format is is: ($package-name :location (recipe :fetcher github :repo "gh-path"))

Recipe format is described in the MELPA documentation.