- mailcrypt - If you have PGP installed and want to verify the
- signature of the index file.
- mule-base - Needed if you want to compile XEmacs with MULE.
-
-After installing these by hand, you can start XEmacs. (It is a good
-idea to use 'xemacs -vanilla' here as your startup files might need
-things now moved to packages.)
-
- - First you need to specify an FTP site to use.
- Use Options->Manage Packages->Add Download Site
- or M-x customize-variable RET package-get-remote RET
-
- Alternatively, if you already have the packages on a local disk
- then you can specify this directly using 'M-x
- pui-add-install-directory'. Please make sure you also have a
- corresponding copy of the package index there.
-
- - Invoke Options->Manage Packages->List & Install
- or M-x pui-list-packages RET
- XEmacs will now first try to fetch a new version of the package
- index from the FTP site. Depending on whether you are using
- 'mailcrypt/PGP', you will get some question about keys to fetch or
- whether to use the index without verifying the signature. If the
- new index was different from the one already on disk, XEmacs will
- offer you to overwrite the old index.
-
-- XEmacs will show you a buffer named "*Packages*" with an overview
- of available and installed packages, including a short description.
- In this buffer you can select which packages you want using the
- mouse or using RET.
-
-- When you are finished choosing packages, invoke
- 'Packages->Install/Remove Select' from the menu or type 'x' to
- begin installing packages.
-
-After Installation
-------------------
-
-New packages can only be used by XEmacs after a restart.
-
-Note to MULE users
-------------------
-
-Unlike all other packages the mule-base package is used at build/dump
-time. This means that you need this available before compiling XEmacs
-with MULE. Also it is a good idea to keep packages that are
-MULE-only separate by putting them in the mule-packages hierarchy.
-
-Which Packages to install?
---------------------------
+ tar zxvf /path/to/mule-base-1.37-pkg.tar.gz RET
+
+
+** Manually, all at once, using the 'Sumo Tarball'
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Those with little time, cheap connections and plenty of disk space can
+install all the packages at once using the sumo tarballs.
+Download the file:
+
+ xemacs-sumo.tar.gz
+
+For an XEmacs compiled with Mule you also need:
+
+ xemacs-mule-sumo.tar.gz
+
+N.B. They are called 'Sumo Tarballs' for good reason. They are
+currently about 19MB and 4.5MB (gzipped) respectively.
+
+Install them by:
+
+ cd $prefix/lib/xemacs ; gunzip -c <tarballname> | tar xvf - RET
+
+Or, if you have GNU tar:
+
+ cd $prefix/lib/xemacs ; tar zxvf /path/to/<tarballname> RET
+
+As the Sumo tarballs are not regenerated as often as the individual
+packages, it is recommended that you use the automatic package tools
+afterwards to pick up any recent updates.
+
+* After Installation
+--------------------
+
+Updated packages can only be used by XEmacs after a restart.
+
+* Which Packages to install?
+----------------------------