Demonstrating this problem on 20.04:
sudo apt install el-get
Run emacs, hit Meta+x and type el-get-install
Get "No Match".
Attempt to solve it:
Run dpkg -l on el-get and observe that there is a start script in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50el-get.el, which suggests that there is a global configuration that allows emacs to run el-get start scripts.
So why is the script not loaded ("No Match")?
Update:
I switched to melph and installed the desired package that way.
emacsstarted? – waltinator May 24 '21 at 05:16