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Emacs won't list any packages and won't let me install any packages


I have been setting up my emacs on a mac. I haven't been able to install any packages or even list available packages since I have set up my emacs installation on this computer. Every time I try to refresh the contents of the package repositories I get the following error and backtrace:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp <!DOCTYPE)
  package--read-archive-file("archives/marmalade/archive-contents")
  package-read-archive-contents("marmalade")
  package-read-all-archive-contents()
  package--update-downloads-in-progress(("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
  package--download-one-archive(("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/") "archive-contents" nil)
  package--download-and-read-archives(nil)
  package-refresh-contents()
  funcall-interactively(package-refresh-contents)
  #<subr call-interactively>(package-refresh-contents record nil)
  ad-Advice-call-interactively(#<subr call-interactively> package-refresh-contents record nil)
  apply(ad-Advice-call-interactively #<subr call-interactively> (package-refresh-contents record nil))
  call-interactively(package-refresh-contents record nil)
  command-execute(package-refresh-contents record)
  execute-extended-command(nil "package-refresh-contents")
  smex-read-and-run(("pwd" "ido-wide-find-file-or-pop-dir" "bookmark-delete" "bookmark-jump" "bookmark-set" "replace-string" "flower-client-connect" "tramp-cleanup-connection" "rgrep" "tramp-cleanup-all-buffers" "tramp-cleanup-all-connections" "package-install" "magit-status" "flycheck-mode" "flycheck-set-checker-executable" "grep" "goto-line" "yank" "js2-mode" "grep-find" "rename-file" "magit-commit" "revert-buffer" "shrink-window" "clipboard-yank" "make-directory" "tramp-cleanup-this-connection" "5x5" "slime" "version" "php-mode" "web-mode" "irony-mode" "company-mode" "magit-rebase" "enlarge-window" "undo-tree-mode" "whitespace-mode" "package-initialize" "package-refresh-contents" "term" "imenu" "shell" "doctor" "eshell" "blackbox" "sgml-mode" "tern-mode" "tramp-bug" "calculator" ...))
  smex()
  funcall-interactively(smex)
  #<subr call-interactively>(smex nil nil)
  ad-Advice-call-interactively(#<subr call-interactively> smex nil nil)
  apply(ad-Advice-call-interactively #<subr call-interactively> (smex nil nil))
  call-interactively(smex nil nil)
  command-execute(smex)

Below is my code that I use to initialize the package repos.

;; Package Managers
(require 'package)
(package-initialize)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
         '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.com/packages/"))
(add-to-list 'package-archives
         '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
         '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t)

Has anyone else had an issue like this? How do I get a clean response from the package repositories so I can install packages?

EDIT:

I am using GNU Emacs version 25.1.1


Solution

  • The problem was that their is no http://marmalade-repo.com/packages/. The correct url is https://marmalade-repo.org/packages/.

    Credit goes to @jenesaisquoi. This user found the answer in the comments on my original post.

    ;; Package Managers
    (require 'package)
    (package-initialize)
    (add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("marmalade" . "https://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))
    (add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
    (add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t)