Re: How to install latest Org-mode?

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

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
> Dnia 2013-05-14, o godz. 16:38:08
> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> napisał(a):
>
>> 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.
>
> Too late;).  Though I generally agree.  And for LaTeX: Ubuntu packages
> are usually quite old.  I usually (once a year) install TeXlive from an
> installation dvd (I receive it by mail each year as a users' group
> member;)).  And once a year is way too rarely for ConTeXt (another
> TeX-based document preparation system, with many things /much/ better
> than LaTeX), which is updated more or less once a month or so.
>

I figured, but wanted to chime in anyway :) I've moved to default
TexLive, which has been surprisingly easy after the initial install.

Good luck with ELPA, and I won't hold it against you!


John

>> John
>
> Best,
>
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> Marcin Borkowski
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> Adam Mickiewicz University