Cannot load file "package"

[jattenberg]

I'm getting this error after installing moving the folder to ~/.emacs.d

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "package")
require(package)
eval-buffer(#<buffer load> nil "/Users/xxx/.emacs.d/init.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 73
load-with-code-conversion("/Users/xxx/.emacs.d/init.el" "/Users/xxx/.emacs.d/init.el" t t)
load("/Users/xxx/.emacs.d/init" t t)
#[nil "^blah...^$
command-line()
normal-top-level()