best way to install emacs auto-complete mode

Question

I want to install the autocomplete-mode for emacs.

When I searched through the repos (marmalade etc) I found the following packages ac-dabbrev and ac-ja. On googling ac-dabbrev, it seems to be last updated in 2009 -

http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ac-dabbrev.el

On the instructions for installing auto complete mode, in emacs wiki, it leads to a download link -

http://cx4a.org/pub/auto-complete/auto-complete-1.3.1.zip

How should I install the autocomplete mode through the package ac-dabbrev or by dowloading it from the above link ? Or is there an updated package ?

Thanks, Murtaza

Answer 1

All fresh Emacses are coming with package.el that simplifies installation of 3rd party packages. auto-complete and ac-dabbrev are available from MELPA package repository. Read install instructions on MELPA site, or about package.el/ELPA in more details