From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Technical Issue with compiling org mode Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:21 +0100 Message-ID: <49E72735.7000005@wilkesley.net> References: Reply-To: lists@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LuQtQ-0007vk-1P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:40:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LuQtN-0007v5-8M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:40:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33908 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LuQtK-0007uG-B1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:40:30 -0400 Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([72.14.178.130]:36008) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LuQtJ-0001w4-Uf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:40:30 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail.wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F8CCE91 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:25 +0100 (BST) Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id khyyiS51389y for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.0.55] (unknown [217.146.125.41]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 809A0CE90 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:24 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Krishan Rajaratnam wrote: > Hi I tried to install org mode by following the instructions and using > make, but Im not very familiar > with make and I got an error. Im sending this email to try to get this > problem resolved. Here > are the details: > > Im using regular emacs so I left the emacs binary as emacs, and my share > file is right under usr > (not under local) so my prefix was /usr. My makefile details are shown > below: > > EMACS= emacs > prefix=/usr ;there is no local file where share is found > lispdir = $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp > infodir = $(prefix)/share/info > > Then I entered make in the commandline window and I got alot of messages > saying certain fuctions weren't > found and at the end I got an error message: > > While compiling toplevel forms in file > /home/Krishan/org_mode/lisp/org-protocol.el: > !! File error (("Cannot open load file" "url")) > Done > make: *** [lisp/org-protocol.elc] Error 1 > I would suggest that unless you need org to be available to all users on your computer, you install it somewhere in your home directory. I install org in #/.emacs-lisp/org and my makefile looks like: # Name of your emacs binary EMACS=emacs # Where local software is found prefix=~/.emacs-lisp # Where local lisp files go. lispdir = $(prefix)/org Also what OS are you using - Linux, Windows, Mac? Ian.