From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: How to install latest Org-mode? Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 16:38:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20130514195220.74bf472a@aga-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcMvL-0003tr-2i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcMvK-0006kk-0S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:19 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::229]:43802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcMvJ-0006ir-Lk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:17 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id lx15so1079758lab.0 for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 14:38:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130514195220.74bf472a@aga-netbook> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marcin Borkowski Cc: Org-mode mailing list On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > Hi list, > > I'd like to install the new Org-mode (version 8). I'm wondering what > method is the best for me. I have Emacs 23 (Ubuntu 12.04), but I plan > to (1) upgrade to the newest Ubuntu 13.04 soon and (2) upgrade to Emacs > 24 soon (I'll probably uninstall Ubuntu's Emacs and install my own, > though rather not from sources, but from a .deb package). > > So, my requirements would be: > > * I'd prefer the installed Org to survive the upgrades of Ubuntu and > Emacs (of course, I'm going to uninstall Ubuntu's Org-mode 7.8.02). > > * I'd like the install method to be relatively quick - less than an > hour, say, and I'd prefer my Org-mode to be relatively easy to > upgrade later. My vote is for git. No middleman (with someone pushing an updated package) = less things that can potentially go wrong. I've taken to this for LaTeX as well vs. Arch Linux's distribution. Just my vote, though! Updating takes < 5min, and 95% of that is just waiting for git to clone, probably because I primarily use Org at work and can't clone over git protocol behind my firewall. http is slower. John > > I'm leaning towards cloning the git repo and building Org-mode from > sources. From http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html I can see > that what I should do is more or less > > cd ~/src/ > git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git > make autoloads > echo (add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/orgdir/lisp") >> ~/.emacs > make > make doc > make config > make install > > Is that right? Is using the archive or the package system a better > idea in my described case? What does upgrading Org-from-git-repo look > like? > > Best, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski > http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski > Adam Mickiewicz University >