Installing a package from a local directory

[fakedrake]

I would like to create a directory in my configuration called something like ~/.emacs.d/packages/ and I would like use-package to look there for packages before going for other sources. I would even be happy if I could use a keyword like :local-package path/to/local/package to achieve the same result. Is there such a feature available and if not could someone give me a general direction on how to implement it?

Thanks

[progfolio]

I suggest reading up on Emac's load-path. If you wish to extend the load-path on a per-package basis, see: https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package#extending-the-load-path

If you want to do it globally, that's something you should probably set up prior to your use-package declarations. There are numerous resources on doing that, e.g.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7322246/adding-subdirectories-to-load-path

[skangas]

This question was answered, so I'm closing this issue now.