This did not work for autex-14.0.9.tar But it worked with auctex-13.2.4.tar, which I downloaded using the same method.
You can consider adding a note for users of old emacs versions. Thanks for your help, Naresh > On Sep 30, 2025, at 12:19 PM, Arash Esbati <[email protected]> wrote: > > Naresh Gurbuxani <[email protected]> writes: > >> I got the same error message: package lacks a file header >> >> I also tried auctex-13.2.4.tar.lz from same location. Got same error >> message. > > I think I misremembered: > > ,----[ C-h f package-install-file RET ] > | package-install-file is an autoloaded interactive native-comp-function > | in ‘package.el’. > | > | (package-install-file FILE) > | > | Install a package from FILE. > | The file can either be a tar file, an Emacs Lisp file, or a > | directory. > | > | Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1. > | > `---- > > So you have uncompress the file first with > > $ lzip -d auctex-14.0.9.tar.lz > > and then run within Emacs: > > M-x package-install-file RET auctex-14.0.9.tar RET > > Can you please try the above? > > Best, Arash
