How to upgrade packages installed by ELPA in Emacs?

Posted on 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 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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