How to automatically install Emacs packages by specifying a list of package names?

Question

I am using package to manage my Emacs extensions. In order to synchronize my Emacs settings on different computers, I\'d like a way to specify a list of package

Answer 1

Here's mine, it's shorter :)

(mapc
 (lambda (package)
   (unless (package-installed-p package)
     (progn (message "installing %s" package)
            (package-refresh-contents)
            (package-install package))))
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