Re: How to install latest Org-mode?

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

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.

John

>
> I'm leaning towards cloning the git repo and building Org-mode from
> sources.  From http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html I can see
> that what I should do is more or less
>
> cd ~/src/
> git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git
> make autoloads
> echo (add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/orgdir/lisp") >> ~/.emacs
> make
> make doc
> make config
> make install
>
> Is that right?  Is using the archive or the package system a better
> idea in my described case?  What does upgrading Org-from-git-repo look
> like?
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> Adam Mickiewicz University
>