Unable to configure emacs 27.2 to use org 9.5

Unable to configure emacs 27.2 to use org 9.5

[Detlef Steuer]

Hi all!

This is really depressing. I'm using org since more than a decade.
In the early days using a git clone, since some years with package
from org-elpa, then melpa.

I have installed 9.5 with package-install in a clean emacs session,
it is shown as installed, too, but whatever I try, my org-version is
shown as 9.4.6, which is included in 27.2.
(I assume, and therefore citeproc unavailable)

The installation instructions here
https://orgmode.org/elpa.html
do not help me the slightest.

Same with
https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation

I did exactly
---
Using Emacs packaging system

Recent Emacs distributions include a packaging system which lets you
install Elisp libraries. You can install Org from the “package menu”,
with M-x list-packages. See (emacs)Package Menu. 
--- 
but that obviously is not enough.

Really, really frustrated. May be I should step away from emacs and only
use nano or some such.

What is the magic I am missing? 

Any help appreciated
Detlef

Re: Unable to configure emacs 27.2 to use org 9.5

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi Detlef,

Detlef Steuer writes:

> I have installed 9.5 with package-install in a clean emacs session,
> it is shown as installed, too, but whatever I try, my org-version is
> shown as 9.4.6, which is included in 27.2.
> (I assume, and therefore citeproc unavailable)

Have you looked in your elpa directory if you see this path: .../elpa/org-9.5/?

Have you tried uninstalling Org and reinstalling it?

Best regards,

Juan Manuel 

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[mostly solved] Re: Unable to configure emacs 27.2 to use org 9.5

[Detlef Steuer]

Am Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:28:42 +0000
schrieb Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net>:

> Hi Detlef,
> 
> Detlef Steuer writes:
> 
> > I have installed 9.5 with package-install in a clean emacs session,
> > it is shown as installed, too, but whatever I try, my org-version is
> > shown as 9.4.6, which is included in 27.2.
> > (I assume, and therefore citeproc unavailable)  
> 
> Have you looked in your elpa directory if you see this path:
> .../elpa/org-9.5/?

Yes, it is there.

I now tried on a second machine and everything worked as expected,
after I removed org-plus-contrib from my elpa directory there.
On machine number one there is no such directory. I will try to
re-initialize everything elpa there and see what will happen.

So there is hope and nano may remain a desperate threat :-)

Thank you!

Detlef

> 
> Have you tried uninstalling Org and reinstalling it?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Juan Manuel 
> 



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Re: Unable to configure emacs 27.2 to use org 9.5

[Eric S Fraga]

On Monday, 18 Oct 2021 at 22:37, Detlef Steuer wrote:
> I have installed 9.5 with package-install in a clean emacs session,
> it is shown as installed, too, but whatever I try, my org-version is
> shown as 9.4.6, which is included in 27.2.

You might like to try configuring and initializing the package system in
~/.emacs.d/early-init.el
That file is loaded before your .emacs or init.el files.

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