@subsection Manual Binary Package Installation
Pre-compiled, binary packages can be installed in either a system
-package directory (this is determined when XEmacs is compiled), or in a
-subdirectory of your @file{$HOME} directory:
+package directory (this is determined when XEmacs is compiled), or in
+one of the following
+subdirectories of your @file{$HOME} directory:
@example
-~/.xemacs/packages
+~/.xemacs/mule-packages
+~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages
@end example
+Packages in the former directory will only be found by a Mule-enabled
+XEmacs.
+
XEmacs does not have to be running to install binary packages, although
XEmacs will not know about any newly-installed packages until you
restart XEmacs. Note, however, that installing a newer version of a
Download the package(s) that you want to install. Each binary package
will typically be a gzip'd tarball.
-@item
-Decide where to install the packages: in the system package directory,
-or in @file{~/.xemacs/packages}. If you want to install the
-packages in the system package directory, make sure you can write into
-that directory. If you want to install in your @file{$HOME} directory,
-create the directory, @file{~/.xemacs/packages}.
+@item Decide where to install the packages: in the system package
+directory, or in @file{~/.xemacs/mule-packages} or
+@file{~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages}, respectively. If you want to install
+the packages in the system package directory, make sure you can write
+into that directory. If you want to install in your @file{$HOME}
+directory, create the directory, @file{~/.xemacs/mule-packages} or
+@file{~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages}, respectively.
@item
Next, @code{cd} to the directory under which you want to install the