(spacemacs) package evil-escape is unavailable. Is the package
misspelled? (It's not in melpa)
reddit / emacs

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Impossible_Map_2355 · 2022-10-10 18:01

Hey,

I'm using Emacs 28.2 on windows and Emacs 28.1 on Mac. Same issue on
both.

Spacemacs wants to install evil-escape, but it does not seem to exist.

[https://github.com/syl20bnr/evil-
escape](https://github.com/syl20bnr/evil-escape)  (Claims the package
exists in Melpa)

[https://melpa.org/#/?q=esca](https://melpa.org/#/?q=esca)  (this
query shows evil-escape does NOT exist in Melpa)

[https://melpa.org/#/?q=evil](https://melpa.org/#/?q=evil) (this query
also fails to find evil-escape)

So... what da heck? I hate to do this improperly but do I need to
manually download evil-escape from github (first link) and stick it in
the .emacs.d folder myself? Or is Melpa broken? Or spacemacs?

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lebensterben · 2022-10-10 18:34

sounds like a real issue...
this package hasn't been updated for four years (though it's still
working)

I've no idea why melpa doesn't offer it suddenly.

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Impossible_Map_2355 · 2022-10-10 18:45

I guess the proper thing to do is open an issue on spacemacs? But this
seems like a Melpa thing too

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lebensterben · 2022-10-10 18:59

yep. it should be reported to both of them.

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tarsius_ · 2022-10-10 23:05

It's back at https://melpa.org/#/evil-escape.

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Impossible_Map_2355 · 2022-10-10 23:57

Thank you!