epm is a command-line wrapper for `package.el' that let you manage Emacs packages from command-line After installing epm from Melpa or Melpa-stable, alias `/path/to/epm/epm` as `epm` $ alias epm='~/.emacs.d/elpa/epm-*/epm' Assuming the value of your `package-user-dir' is "~/.emacs.d/elpa" To use, invoke `epm' from shell $ epm --help See the accompanying README.md for details.