diff --git a/dot_bin/executable_bootstrap_pkgs b/dot_bin/executable_bootstrap_pkgs
index b2fb418..a5c1625 100644
--- a/dot_bin/executable_bootstrap_pkgs
+++ b/dot_bin/executable_bootstrap_pkgs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 ## 7. remove the pacman sudo privilege for nobody
 
 pkgsrc_dir="$1"
+emacs_dir="$2"
+
 makepkg_tmp=/tmp/bootstrap-makepkg
 yaytmp=/tmp/bootstrap-yay
 nobody_sudo_conf="nobody ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman"
@@ -54,11 +56,23 @@ call_makepkg() {
     sudo -u nobody MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" makepkg -s -r -i -f --noconfirm
 }
 
+get_emacs_packages() {
+    emacs -batch -l "$emacs_dir/init.el" --eval \
+          "(print (s-join \" \" $1))" 2>/dev/null | \
+        sed -n -e 's/"\(.*\)"/\1/p'
+}
+
 run_yay() {
     ## TODO add template switches to control which of these get installed based
     ## on my config
+
+    ## packages for emacs (install emacs first to read the config)
+    pacman --needed -S emacs
+    IFS=' ' read -r -a emacs_pkgs \
+       < <(get_emacs_packages "(nd/get-aur-dependencies t)")
+
+    ## other packages for random gizmos
     dunst_pkgs=(dunst)
-    emacs_pkgs=(emacs mu)
     flameshot_pkgs=(flameshot)
     gtk_pkgs=(zuki-themes)
     nvidia_pkgs=(optimus-manager)
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ run_yay() {
     spotify_pkgs=(gconf)
 
     sudo -u nobody HOME="$yaytmp" MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" \
-        yay --noconfirm --removemake -S \
+        yay --needed --noconfirm --removemake -S \
         "${dunst_pkgs[@]}" \
         "${emacs_pkgs[@]}" \
         "${flameshot_pkgs[@]}" \
@@ -133,8 +147,8 @@ if [[ ! "$(id -u)" = "0" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Must supply the location of custom packages as sole argument. Exiting"
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Must supply custom package location and emacs root. Exiting"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/run_once_after_10_install-packages.sh b/run_once_after_10_install-packages.sh
index 59af2d3..f54e75f 100644
--- a/run_once_after_10_install-packages.sh
+++ b/run_once_after_10_install-packages.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,84 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-## install all packages required for this configuration to function.
-## Configuration is assumed to be handled elsewhere (for now) eg in etckeeper
-## or with ansible.
 
-## this just calls another bootstrap script as root, which allows me to only
-## require entering a sudo password once
+# This script installs all packages that my config needs. It also pulls all my
+# git repos that I use in my config. It will only pull them if they don't
+# exist. Rather than use the import approach suggested in the chezmoi howto,
+# this doesn't require me to keep 'syncing' changes when I work in these repos
+# directly. The tradeoff is that it will only pull the latest master, which is
+# totally fine with me.
 
-sudo "$HOME/.bin/bootstrap_pkgs" "$HOME/.local/share/packages"
+# Configuration is assumed to be handled elsewhere (for now) eg in etckeeper
+# or with ansible.
+
+clone_maybe () {
+    if [ ! -d "$2" ]; then
+        echo cloning git repo: "$1"
+        git clone --recurse-submodules "$1" "$2"
+    else
+        echo git repo already exists: "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_stack_in_dir () {
+    local cur
+    cur="$(pwd)"
+    cd "$1" || return 1
+    stack install
+    cd "$cur" || return 1
+}
+
+#
+# CLONE EMACS CONFIG
+#
+
+# do this before installing packages because its config will spit out
+# dependencies that it needs to run at full capacity
+
+emacs_dir="$HOME/.config/emacs"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/.emacs.d.git "$emacs_dir"
+
+## INSTALL PACKAGES
+
+# The script that installs packages must be run as root, which allows sudo to
+# only be used once. Pass the emacs config directory so it can get a list of
+# dependencies for emacs
+
+sudo "$HOME/.bin/bootstrap_pkgs" "$HOME/.local/share/packages" "$emacs_dir"
+
+# Install Haskell dependencies for emacs. This is only necessary because some
+# Haskell programs are not packaged as "bin" or "stack" packages, in which case
+# arch will pull in a bunch of crap because dynamic linking
+
+IFS=' ' read -r -a emacs_stack_pkgs \
+   < <(emacs -batch -l "$emacs_dir/init.el" --eval \
+             "(print (s-join \" \" (nd/get-stack-dependencies)))" 2>/dev/null | \
+           sed -n -e 's/"\(.*\)"/\1/p')
+for p in "${emacs_stack_pkgs[@]}";
+do
+    stack install "$p"
+done
+
+## CLONE/BUILD HASKELL-BASED REPOS
+
+# TODO not dry (this is in .pam_environment)
+# TODO could use tmp for this and it would probably be faster and get around
+# the DRY problem, at the expense that build xmonad the first time live will
+# be a PITA
+export STACK_ROOT="$HOME/.local/share/stack"
+
+rofix_dir="$HOME/.config/rofi-extras"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/rofi-extras.git "$rofix_dir"
+run_stack_in_dir "$rofix_dir"
+
+xman_dir="$HOME/.config/xman"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xman.git "$xman_dir"
+run_stack_in_dir "$xman_dir"
+
+xmonad_dir="$HOME/.config/xmonad"
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xmonad-config.git "$xmonad_dir"
+run_stack_in_dir "$xmonad_dir"
+
+## CLONE OTHER REPOS
+
+clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/conky.git "$HOME/.config/conky"
diff --git a/run_once_after_50_clone-repos.sh b/run_once_after_50_clone-repos.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4caec18..0000000
--- a/run_once_after_50_clone-repos.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-## This script pulls all my git repos that I use in my config. It will only pull
-## them if they don't exist. Rather than use the import approach suggested in
-## the chezmoi howto, this doesn't require me to keep 'syncing' changes when I
-## work in these repos directly. The tradeoff is that it will only pull the
-## latest master, which is totally fine with me.
-
-clone_maybe () {
-    if [ ! -d "$2" ]; then
-        echo cloning git repo: "$1"
-        git clone --recurse-submodules "$1" "$2"
-    else
-        echo git repo already exists: "$1"
-    fi
-}
-
-run_stack_in_dir () {
-    local cur
-    cur="$(pwd)"
-    cd "$1" || return 1
-    stack install
-    cd "$cur" || return 1
-}
-
-## TODO not dry
-## TODO could use tmp for this and it would probably be faster and get around
-## the DRY problem, at the expense that build xmonad the first time live will
-## be a PITA
-export STACK_ROOT="$HOME/.local/share/stack"
-
-clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/conky.git "$HOME/.config/conky"
-clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/.emacs.d.git "$HOME/.config/emacs"
-
-rofix_dir="$HOME/.config/rofi-extras"
-clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/rofi-extras.git "$rofix_dir"
-run_stack_in_dir "$rofix_dir"
-
-xman_dir="$HOME/.config/xman"
-clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xman.git "$xman_dir"
-run_stack_in_dir "$xman_dir"
-
-xmonad_dir="$HOME/.config/xmonad"
-clone_maybe https://github.com/ndwarshuis/xmonad-config.git "$xmonad_dir"
-run_stack_in_dir "$xmonad_dir"