(a) Common startup files for emacsen /usr/local/etc/emacsen/site-start.d/ (b) Code locations (b-0) common directory to install emacs lisp files /usr/local/share/emacsen/site-lisp/ (b-1) site-package directory for XEmacs /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/{lisp|etc|...} (b-2) site-lisp directory for GNU Emacs 23 /usr/local/share/emacs23/site-lisp/