init.el

 ;; init.el --- Emacs configuration

 ;; --------------------------------------
 ;; INSTALL PACKAGES
 ;; --------------------------------------

 (require 'package)

 (add-to-list 'package-archives
        '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
 (add-to-list 'package-archives
        '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))

 (package-initialize)
 (when (not package-archive-contents)
   (package-refresh-contents))

 (defvar myPackages
   '(elpy
     flycheck
     python-mode)) ;; is python-mode needed here?

 (mapc #'(lambda (package)
     (unless (package-installed-p package)
       (package-install package)))
       myPackages)

 ;; --------------------------------------
 ;; BASIC CUSTOMIZATION
 ;; --------------------------------------

 ;; (setq inhibit-startup-message t) ;; hide the startup message
 (load-theme 'tango-dark t) ;; load material theme
 (global-linum-mode t) ;; enable line numbers globally

 ;; --------------------------------------
 ;; PYTHON CONFIGURATION
 ;; --------------------------------------

 (elpy-enable)

 ;; use flycheck not flymake with elpy
 (when (require 'flycheck nil t)
   (setq elpy-modules (delq 'elpy-module-flymake elpy-modules))
   (add-hook 'elpy-mode-hook 'flycheck-mode))

 ;; init.el ends here

 ;; --------------------------------------
 ;; Emacs automatically generated the following code (I'm not sure what it does)
 ;; --------------------------------------
(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(ansi-color-faces-vector
   [default bold shadow italic underline bold bold-italic bold])
 '(ansi-color-names-vector
   (vector "#ffffff" "#f36c60" "#8bc34a" "#fff59d" "#4dd0e1" "#b39ddb" "#81d4fa" "#263238"))
 '(custom-safe-themes
   (quote
    ("5dc0ae2d193460de979a463b907b4b2c6d2c9c4657b2e9e66b8898d2592e3de5" "98cc377af705c0f2133bb6d340bf0becd08944a588804ee655809da5d8140de6" default)))
 '(fci-rule-color "#37474f")
 '(hl-sexp-background-color "#1c1f26")
 '(package-selected-packages
   (quote
    (python-mode py-autopep8 material-theme jedi flycheck elpy ein better-defaults)))
 '(vc-annotate-background nil)
 '(vc-annotate-color-map
   (quote
    ((20 . "#f36c60")
     (40 . "#ff9800")
     (60 . "#fff59d")
     (80 . "#8bc34a")
     (100 . "#81d4fa")
     (120 . "#4dd0e1")
     (140 . "#b39ddb")
     (160 . "#f36c60")
     (180 . "#ff9800")
     (200 . "#fff59d")
     (220 . "#8bc34a")
     (240 . "#81d4fa")
     (260 . "#4dd0e1")
     (280 . "#b39ddb")
     (300 . "#f36c60")
     (320 . "#ff9800")
     (340 . "#fff59d")
     (360 . "#8bc34a"))))
 '(vc-annotate-very-old-color nil))
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )