From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
Cc: Org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to install latest Org-mode?
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:30:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+M2ft_RdrD+GYq3AMdmkd7p5nrQMxH4OgZRmFai0Gc1_wcA7g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130515001547.5bf6e80a@aga-netbook>
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
> Dnia 2013-05-14, o godz. 16:38:08
> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> napisał(a):
>
>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Marcin Borkowski
>> <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> 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.
>
> Too late;). Though I generally agree. And for LaTeX: Ubuntu packages
> are usually quite old. I usually (once a year) install TeXlive from an
> installation dvd (I receive it by mail each year as a users' group
> member;)). And once a year is way too rarely for ConTeXt (another
> TeX-based document preparation system, with many things /much/ better
> than LaTeX), which is updated more or less once a month or so.
>
I figured, but wanted to chime in anyway :) I've moved to default
TexLive, which has been surprisingly easy after the initial install.
Good luck with ELPA, and I won't hold it against you!
John
>> John
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> Adam Mickiewicz University
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-14 22:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-14 17:52 How to install latest Org-mode? Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-14 18:52 ` Achim Gratz
2013-05-14 20:26 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-14 20:57 ` Achim Gratz
2013-05-14 21:15 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-14 21:38 ` John Hendy
2013-05-14 22:15 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-14 22:30 ` John Hendy [this message]
2013-05-14 22:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
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