title: Emacs Lisp-error meaning when trying (require 'package)
body: <p>I have an <code>init.el</code> file which only consists of a single line</p>
  <pre><code>(require 'package)
  </code></pre>
  <p>I am running <code>emacs 23.1</code> on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Release 6.10 (Santiago)</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VaxZJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VaxZJ.png" alt="Red Hat" /></a></p>
  <p>Execution of <code>emacs --debug-init</code> returns the following screen:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dqjhz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dqjhz.png" alt="Error" /></a></p>
  <p>I have absolutely no clue as to what this means.</p>
  <p>This was actually a <strong>very</strong> preliminary step to following the <a href="https://realpython.com/emacs-the-best-python-editor/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">instructions</a> on setting up <code>elpy</code> as IDE for <code>python</code>... After I had no success in using the standard mode with <code>python3</code> instead of just <code>python</code></p>
  <p>Could it be that these machines cannot access the internet?</p>