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+# Installing Emacs dependencies
+
+Install the following dependencies before attempting to run my emacs
+configuration. It should work for Debian 10 or later:
+
+ sudo apt-get install $(grep -ri 'Debian packages:' .emacs .emacs.local.d/ | awk -F: '{print $3}' | tr '\n' ' ')
+
+If Debian packages aren't available, we use Elpa packages. At some
+point I should create Debian packages for these.
+
+ emacs-pkg-install $(grep -ri 'Elpa packages:' .emacs .emacs.local.d/ | awk -F: '{print $3}' | tr '\n' ' ')
+
+The first time you open emacs after installing these packages, a bunch
+of warnings will be printed. You can dismiss them; they'll only appear
+on the first run.
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