el-get/recipes/package.el

(:name package
       :type http
       :url "http://tromey.com/elpa/package.el"
       :features package
       :after (lambda ()
                (setq package-user-dir 
                      (expand-file-name 
                       (convert-standard-filename 
                        (concat (file-name-as-directory 
                                 (el-get-package-directory "package")) 
                                "elpa")))
                      package-directory-list 
                      (list (file-name-as-directory package-user-dir) 
                            "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/"))
                (make-directory package-user-dir t)
                (package-initialize)))