How to upgrade packages installed by ELPA in Emacs?

By Eric Ma | In QA |

ELPA manages packages for Emacs nicely. But, how to upgrade packages installed by ELPA in Emacs?

Within Emacs, list all packages by

M-x list-packages

and it will automatically refresh the archive contents.

Then, press U to mark all upgradable packages to be upgraded.

Last, press x to perform the new updates.

Emacs will then download and install all upgradable packages. It will also ask you whether to delete the old packages.

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Eric Ma

Eric is a systems guy. Eric is interested in building high-performance and scalable distributed systems and related technologies. The views or opinions expressed here are solely Eric's own and do not necessarily represent those of any third parties.

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