There are a number of documentation pages, eg http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org4beginners.html http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html that recommend to use (require 'org-install) However org-install itself says: ;; The file org-install is obsolete. ;; ;; It is provided here so that (require 'org-install) does not ;; trigger an error for users with obsolete Emacs configuration. ;; You can safely remove (require 'org-install) from your config." And contains nothing else!! So what exactly is the case? What is the setup procedure recommended for git-installed org?