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sample emacs.el
(require 'package)
(setq load-prefer-newer t
package-enable-at-startup nil)
(setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/")
("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)
;; Bootstrap `use-package'
(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
(package-refresh-contents)
(package-install 'use-package))
;; To load newer version of org
(package-initialize)
;; Just follow git-controlled links without asking
(setq-default vc-follow-symlinks t)
;; Use latest Org
(use-package org
:pin org
:ensure org-plus-contrib)
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KyleCotton commented Dec 14, 2017

Just copy pasted your config, I'm a new user any ideas what may be causing this error.
Cannot open file: No such file or directory, use-package

Thank you for any assistance.
Kyle

The code I'm using:

`(require 'package)
(setq load-prefer-newer t
package-enable-at-startup nil)

(setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/")
("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)

;; Bootstrap `use-package'
(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
(package-refresh-contents)
(package-install 'use-package))

;; To load newer version of org
(package-initialize)(require 'package)
;(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
'("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
;(package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents)

(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
(package-refresh-contents)
(package-install 'use-package))

(eval-when-compile (require 'use-package))`

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