Enable :ensure t globally for use-package statements.

.emacs.d/config.org

@@ -72,17 +72,19 @@ This is my personal Emacs config.  I patterned my config to mimic Doom Emacs, wh
 #+end_src
 
 ** Installing use-package
+Install use-package and enable ':ensure t' globally.  The ':ensure' keyword causes the package(s) within use-package statements to be installed automatically if not already present on your system.  To avoid having to add ':ensure t' to every use-package statement in this config, I set 'use-package-always-ensure'.
+
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
   (package-install 'use-package))
+(setq use-package-always-ensure t)
 #+end_src
 
 * ALL THE ICONS
 This is an icon set that can be used with dashboard, dired, ibuffer and other Emacs programs.
   
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package all-the-icons
+(use-package all-the-icons)
-  :ensure t)
 #+end_src
   
 * GENERAL KEYBINDINGS
@@ -90,7 +92,6 @@ General.el allows us to set keybindings.  As a longtime Doom Emacs user, I have
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package general
-  :ensure t  ;; install general if not installed
   :config
   (general-evil-setup t))
 
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ Emacs Dashboard is an extensible startup screen showing you recent files, bookma
 ** Configuring Dashboard
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package dashboard
-  :ensure t  ;; install dashboard if not installed
   :init      ;; tweak dashboard config before loading it
   (setq dashboard-set-heading-icons t)
   (setq dashboard-set-file-icons t)
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ This setting ensures that emacsclient always opens on *dashboard* rather than *s
   
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package evil
-  :ensure t  ;; install evil if not installed
   :init      ;; tweak evil's configuration before loading it
   (setq evil-want-integration t) ;; This is optional since it's already set to t by default.
   (setq evil-want-keybinding nil)
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ This setting ensures that emacsclient always opens on *dashboard* rather than *s
   (evil-mode))
 (use-package evil-collection
   :after evil
-  :ensure t
   :config
   (evil-collection-init))
 #+end_src
@@ -178,7 +176,6 @@ Though 'recentf' is one way to find recent files although I prefer using 'counse
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package recentf
-  :ensure t
   :config
   (recentf-mode))
 #+end_src
@@ -197,12 +194,9 @@ Dired is the file manager within Emacs.  Below, I setup keybindings for image pr
 | (in peep-dired-mode) peep-dired-prev-file | /Move to previous file in peep-dired-mode/        | k          |
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package all-the-icons-dired
+(use-package all-the-icons-dired)
-:ensure t)
+(use-package dired-open)
-(use-package dired-open
+(use-package peep-dired)
-:ensure t)
-(use-package peep-dired
-:ensure t)
 	(nvmap :prefix "SPC"
 	       "d d" '(dired :which-key "Open dired")
 	       "d j" '(dired-jump :which-key "Dired jump to current"))
@@ -291,11 +285,9 @@ Ivy is a generic completion mechanism for Emacs.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package counsel
-  :ensure t
   :after ivy
   :config (counsel-mode))
 (use-package ivy
-  :ensure t
   :defer 0.1
   :diminish
   :bind (("C-c C-r" . ivy-resume)
@@ -305,7 +297,6 @@ Ivy is a generic completion mechanism for Emacs.
   (ivy-use-virtual-buffers t)
   :config (ivy-mode))
 (use-package ivy-rich
-  :ensure t
   :after ivy
   :custom
   (ivy-virtual-abbreviate 'full
@@ -315,7 +306,6 @@ Ivy is a generic completion mechanism for Emacs.
   (ivy-set-display-transformer 'ivy-switch-buffer
                                'ivy-rich-switch-buffer-transformer))
 (use-package swiper
-  :ensure t
   :after ivy
   :bind (("C-s" . swiper)
          ("C-r" . swiper)))
@@ -339,7 +329,6 @@ Available functions (positions) for 'ivy-posframe-display-functions-alist'
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
   (use-package ivy-posframe
-    :ensure t
     :init
     (setq ivy-posframe-display-functions-alist
 	  '((swiper                     . ivy-posframe-display-at-point)
@@ -365,18 +354,15 @@ Available functions (positions) for 'ivy-posframe-display-functions-alist'
 Adding packages for programming langauges, so we can have nice things like syntax highlighting.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package haskell-mode
+(use-package haskell-mode)
-  :ensure t)
 #+end_src
 
 * MAGIT
 A git client for Emacs.  Often cited as a killer feature for Emacs.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package magit
+(use-package magit)
-  :ensure t)
 (use-package magit-todos
-  :ensure t
   :config (magit-todos-mode))
  #+end_src
    
@@ -404,8 +390,7 @@ Org Mode is THE killer feature within Emacs.  But it does need some tweaking.
 Org-bullets gives us attractive bullets rather asterisks.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package org-bullets
+(use-package org-bullets)
-  :ensure t)
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-bullets-mode 1)))
 #+end_src
 
@@ -456,7 +441,8 @@ Org-tempo is a package that allows for '<s' followed by TAB to expand to a begin
 | <v                       | '#+BEGIN_VERSE' … '#+END_VERSE'         |
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package org-tempo)
+(use-package org-tempo
+  :ensure nil)
 #+end_src
 
 ** Source Code Block Syntax Highlighting
@@ -474,7 +460,6 @@ Toc-org helps you to have an up-to-date table of contents in org files without e
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
   (use-package toc-org
-    :ensure t
     :commands toc-org-enable
     :init (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'toc-org-enable))
 #+end_src
@@ -482,7 +467,6 @@ Toc-org helps you to have an up-to-date table of contents in org files without e
 * PROJECTILE
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package projectile
-  :ensure t
   :config
   (projectile-global-mode 1))
 #+end_src
@@ -506,7 +490,6 @@ Eshell is an Emacs 'shell' that is written in Elisp.
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package eshell-syntax-highlighting
   :after esh-mode
-  :ensure t ;; Install if not already installed.
   :config
   (eshell-syntax-highlighting-global-mode +1))
 (setq eshell-aliases-file "~/.config/doom/aliases"
@@ -522,8 +505,7 @@ Eshell is an Emacs 'shell' that is written in Elisp.
 Vterm is a terminal emulator within Emacs.  The 'shell-file-name' setting sets the shell to be used in M-x shell, M-x term, M-x ansi-term and M-x vterm.  By default, the shell is set to 'fish' but could change it to 'bash' or 'zsh' if you prefer.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package vterm
+(use-package vterm)
-  :ensure t)
 (setq shell-file-name "/bin/fish"
       vterm-max-scrollback 5000)
 #+end_src

.emacs.d/init.el

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
  '(package-selected-packages
-   '(all-the-icons-dired which-key vterm use-package toc-org projectile peep-dired org-bullets magit-todos magit-lfs ivy-rich ivy-posframe haskell-mode general evil-collection eshell-syntax-highlighting doom-themes doom-modeline dired-open dashboard counsel)))
+   '(org-tempo all-the-icons-dired which-key vterm use-package toc-org projectile peep-dired org-bullets magit-todos magit-lfs ivy-rich ivy-posframe haskell-mode general evil-collection eshell-syntax-highlighting doom-themes doom-modeline dired-open dashboard counsel)))
 (custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.