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.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2025, at 10:21 AM, Arash Esbati <[email protected]> wrote: > > Naresh Gurbuxani <[email protected]> writes: > >> I am new to emacs. > > Welcome. > >> My organisation provides emacs 27.1 in AWS SageMaker terminal. Auctex >> available on melpa is not compatible with this emacs version. >> >> How can I install an older version of auctex? >> >> GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.33, cairo >> version 1.16.0) >> of 2024-09-17, modified by Debian >> >> I tried installing auctex-13.2.tar.gz downloaded from >> https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/auctex.git/ >> >> M-x package-install-file <RETURN> >> auctex-13.2.tar.gz >> package-buffer-info: Package lacks a file header >> >> Same response with auctex_release_13.1.tar.gz > > You're trying to install AUCTeX from source code repo, and that will not > work. I suggest you download the latest version compatible with your > Emacs (14.0.9) from ELPA (note that AUCTeX is available only from ELPA, > and not MELPA): > > https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/auctex-14.0.9.tar.lz > > and run `package-install-file' on that file. > > Best, Arash
