# welcome el-get scratch installer

DevFeed: [welcome el-get scratch installer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/welcome-el-get-scratch-installer-34387.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2010/08/welcome-el-get-scratch-installer/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2010-08-27T12:15:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [Emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emacs.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

The author announces that el-get's code has moved from a private Emacs repository to GitHub and introduces documentation and a scratch installer inspired by ELPA. The changes aim to simplify installation and subsequent updates.

## Source excerpt

A very good remark from some users: installing and managing el-get should be simpler. They wanted both an easy install of the thing, and a way to be able to manage it afterwards (like, update the local copy against the authoritative source). So I decided it was high time for getting the code out of my ~/.emacs.d git repository and up to a public place: http://github.com/dimitri/el-get. Then, I added some documentation (a README), and then, a *scratch* installer, following great ideas from ELPA. So have at it, it's a copy paste away!