From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Stemplinger Subject: Re: Re: Installing Orgmode through ELPA-tarball Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:21:35 +0100 Message-ID: <8162wbsbz4.fsf@gmx.de> References: <81zkttmepi.fsf@gmail.com> <81hbg1x7q9.fsf@gmx.de> <81d3qokhfp.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49481 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PEU7L-0007nN-Te for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:46:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PETj2-0003wl-9U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:21:33 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:46399 helo=mail.gmx.net) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PETj1-0003wJ-Ar for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:21:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <81d3qokhfp.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:19:30 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hallo Jambunathan K., > Thanks for trying out ELPA. It looks pretty interesting and is an ideaa long overdue IMHO! > > >>> 2. Use the Emacs package manager's =3DM-x list-packages=3D to browse >>> and install the latest version. >> >> Failed with the error message: Failed to download `Orgmode' archive. >> > > This is expected. Orgmode cannot act as ELPA repo. There are some minor > things to be fixed. Tarball is the way to go atleast for next few days > ... OK > >>> 3. Do =3DM-x package-install-file=3D. When prompted for =3DPackage f= ile >>> name=3D, point it to .tar file downloaded in step 2. >>> >> Failed with the error message: package-read-from-string: Can't read whol= e string > > Questions: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > What package.el you are using? I hope it is the one that is bundled in > to Emacs and *not* the one distributed from http://tromey.com. Yes. It says in the header ;; Author: Tom Tromey ;; Created: 10 Mar 2007 ;; Version: 0.9 ;; Keywords: tools > > May I ask you what version of Emacs you use and what OS you run on? Sorry I shuld have mentioned that. It's GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600) of 2010-10-18 on windows 7 Home Premium > > There is a comment in the package manager that there is a dependency on > GNU tar. May be the tar binary that you are running is not "GNU tar > compatible" I use the one from gnuwin32. It says tar (GNU tar) 1.22. > > Just to confirm, copy the below elisp code to scratch buffer and do a > C-x C-e with cursor before the marker '@'. > > What do you get? > I get this: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Can't read whole string") signal(error ("Can't read whole string")) error("Can't read whole string") package-read-from-string("tar: Archive value 297315 is out of gid_t range= 0..65535\n(define-package \"org\" \"20101101\" \"Outline-based notes manag= ement and organizer\" nil)\ntar: Exiting with failure status due to previou= s errors\n") (progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (shell= -command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.= el")))) eval((progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (= shell-command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org= -pkg.el"))))) eval-last-sexp-1(nil) eval-last-sexp(nil) call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil) recursive-edit() byte-code("\306=10 @\307=3D\203!=00\310\311\312\"\210\313\311!\211=1AA@)\= 242\314=3D\203!=00\310\315\312\"\210\316=0B!\210\317 \210\320 !\210\f\203d= =00\321ed\"=0DV\203W=00eb\210\322=0D\245y\210`=1E=1Bdb\210\322=0D\245=0DZy\= 210=0E=1B`|\210)\323c\210eb\210\324\325\326 \"\210\327\306!\210\324\330!\21= 0\331\312=1E=1C=1E=1D\324\330!\210\212\332 \210+\331\207" [unread-command-c= har debugger-args x debugger-buffer noninteractive debugger-batch-max-lines= -1 debug backtrace-debug 4 t backtrace-frame lambda 5 pop-to-buffer debugg= er-mode debugger-setup-buffer count-lines 2 "...\n" message "%s" buffer-str= ing kill-emacs "" nil recursive-edit middlestart buffer-read-only standard-= output] 4) debug(error (error "Can't read whole string")) signal(error ("Can't read whole string")) error("Can't read whole string") package-read-from-string("tar: org-20101101.tar: Cannot open: No such fil= e or directory\ntar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now\n") (progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (shell= -command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.= el")))) eval((progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (= shell-command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org= -pkg.el"))))) eval-last-sexp-1(nil) eval-last-sexp(nil) call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil) recursive-edit() byte-code("\306=10 @\307=3D\203!=00\310\311\312\"\210\313\311!\211=1AA@)\= 242\314=3D\203!=00\310\315\312\"\210\316=0B!\210\317 \210\320 !\210\f\203d= =00\321ed\"=0DV\203W=00eb\210\322=0D\245y\210`=1E=1Bdb\210\322=0D\245=0DZy\= 210=0E=1B`|\210)\323c\210eb\210\324\325\326 \"\210\327\306!\210\324\330!\21= 0\331\312=1E=1C=1E=1D\324\330!\210\212\332 \210+\331\207" [unread-command-c= har debugger-args x debugger-buffer noninteractive debugger-batch-max-lines= -1 debug backtrace-debug 4 t backtrace-frame lambda 5 pop-to-buffer debugg= er-mode debugger-setup-buffer count-lines 2 "...\n" message "%s" buffer-str= ing kill-emacs "" nil recursive-edit middlestart buffer-read-only standard-= output] 4) debug(error (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or dire= ctory" "~/tmp/")) call-process("D:/Entwicklung/emacs-24.0.50/bin/cmdproxy.exe" nil t nil "-= c" "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.el") shell-command-to-string("tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.e= l") (package-read-from-string (shell-command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-= 20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.el"))) (progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (shell= -command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org-pkg.= el")))) eval((progn (setq default-directory "~/tmp/") (package-read-from-string (= shell-command-to-string (concat "tar -xOf org-20101101.tar org-20101101/org= -pkg.el"))))) eval-last-sexp-1(nil) eval-last-sexp(nil) call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil) Thanks for your support! Regards, Martin