Help me with an error please
reddit / emacs

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aaronryder773 · 2022-05-01 02:19

Hi, I am trying to make my own emacs config, I have been watching
System Crafter's video on how to and I am getting this error, I
believe it's related to use-package but I can't pinpoint it:

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable -p)
      (package-initialize -p 'use-package)
      (if (package-initialize -p 'use-package) nil (package-install
'use-package))
      eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil
"/home/ROOT_USER/.config/emacs/init.el" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer
position 1154
      load-with-code-
conversion("/home/ROOT_USER/.config/emacs/init.el"
"/home/ROOT_USER/.config/emacs/init.el" t t)
      load("/home/ROOT_USER/.config/emacs/init" noerror nomessage)
      startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode
0x157304553c75>) #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x157304553c89>)
t)
      command-line()
      normal-top-level()

Here's my barely started config:
[https://pastebin.com/JRnhCiGL](https://pastebin.com/JRnhCiGL)

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flexibeast · 2022-05-01 03:13

As the error message suggests, there's a problem with this line:

    (package-initialize -p 'use-package)

This isn't right; there shouldn't be a "-p" in that. So it should be:

    (package-initialize 'use-package)

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marlgl · 2022-05-01 03:46

He probably copied that wrong, that should be:
(package-installed-p 'use-package)
package-initialize doesn't take a symbol as an argument and is already
called

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[deleted] · 2022-05-01 04:16

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