Not sure what to say Jambunathan:

- I type C-h v and a blue input field (Minibuffer I assume?) appears:
"Describe variable:" I type package-archives and hit RET, and it says [no
match]. It doesn't report anything.

- Where would I delete tromey.com from load-path?  It isn't in my ~/.emacs
file or ~/elisp

- M-x locate-library RET package RET returns "No library package in search
path". I'll guess that that doesn't make sense to you either. Where would
M-x package-list-packages be getting the list from?

Max...


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>wrote:

> Max Roberts-Zirker <mmmaxrz@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thanks for sticking with me Jambunathan,
> >
> > C-h v package-archives RET reports no match also, though there do
> > appear to be commands: package-archive-base,
> > package-archive-upload-base, package-archive-version, and
> > package-archive-contents.
>
> C-h v package-archives MUST report something like as below.
>
> (("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"))
>
>
> >
> > Also, when I run M-x package-list-packages, it connects me to the
> > tromey.com site and provides a list of available packages (INCLUDING
> > ORG in red, which I assume means it is already installed.)
>
> You aren't following the instructions correctly.
>
> ,----
> | If you are using package.el from tromey.com then you need to delete it
> | from load-path.
> `----
>
> Use M-x locate-library RET package RET
>
> and delete those package.el and package.elc files before installing the
> package.el file that the FAQ points to.
>
> Jambunathan K.
>
>
> >
> > Max...
> >
> > P.S. The ~/elisp file was successfully copied, and I'm no longer
> > getting a load-path error when I start emacs, so I think that solved
> > something.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jambunathan K <
> > kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     > - I just successfully upgraded to Org-Mode version 7.6 using
> >     the "How
> >     > do I install Org-mode from a ELPA-compatible tarball?" section
> >     from
> >     > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#installing-elpa
> >
> >     Good. But downloading by hand is kind of a pain.
> >
> >     > However, I'm not sure why this should have worked, since
> >     >
> >     > - M-x list-packages RET displays "[No match]" in the bottom
> >     bar.
> >
> >     What does C-h v package-archives report?
> >
> >     > I'm not sure what to do with http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/
> >     blob_plain
> >     > /1a0a666f941c99882093d7bd08ced15033bc3f0c:/lisp/emacs-lisp/
> >     package.el
> >     > but I assume since I'm now running Org-Mode 7.6 it is no longer
> >     > necessary.
> >
> >     If you want to use package manager with emacs-23 this step is
> >     necessary. Copy it to "~/elisp" and follow step 2.
> >
> >     Jambunathan K.
>