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 <h2 class="chapter">Preparing Lisp code for distribution</h2>   <p>Emacs provides a standard way to distribute Emacs Lisp code to users. A <em>package</em> is a collection of one or more files, formatted and bundled in such a way that users can easily download, install, uninstall, and upgrade it. </p> <p>The following sections describe how to create a package, and how to put it in a <em>package archive</em> for others to download. See <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Packages.html#Packages">Packages</a> in <cite>The GNU Emacs Manual</cite>, for a description of user-level features of the packaging system. </p> <p>These sections are mostly directed towards package archive maintainers—much of this information is not relevant for package authors (i.e., people who write code that will be distributed via these archives). </p> <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="packaging-basics" accesskey="1">Packaging Basics</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The basic concepts of Emacs Lisp packages. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="simple-packages" accesskey="2">Simple Packages</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">How to package a single .el file. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="multi_002dfile-packages" accesskey="3">Multi-file Packages</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">How to package multiple files. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="package-archives" accesskey="4">Package Archives</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Maintaining package archives. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="archive-web-server" accesskey="5">Archive Web Server</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Interfacing to an archive web server. </td>
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