From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Hofert Subject: Re: How to install contributions to org-mode such as org-contacts? Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:58:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: <29B1D853-B0B8-42FC-BAFF-67D120C8B10F@math.ethz.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44941) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJm1c-0005QM-2A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:59:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJm1V-0005jo-Df for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:59:08 -0400 Received: from edge10.ethz.ch ([82.130.75.186]:50356) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJm1V-0005eg-3Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:59:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Brian van den Broek Cc: Emacs help Dear Brian, thanks a lot. It's working now. I followed the instructions, but (erroneously) thought that the copying = to some folder and using load-path is not required.=20 Cheers, Marius On 2011-10-28, at 14:23 , Brian van den Broek wrote: > On 28 October 2011 14:07, Marius Hofert = wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> I downloaded and successfully installed the latest version org-mode = (M-x org-version shows 7.7). I was hoping to get org-contacts with it, = too, but when putting (require 'org-contacs) in .emacs, I obtain: >>=20 >> Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading = `/Users/mhofert/.emacs': >>=20 >> File error: Cannot open load file, org-contacts >>=20 >> To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the >> cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with >> the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace. >>=20 >> Org-contacts is one of the contributions and can be found in = org-7.7/contrib. >> How can I install this org-mode contribution (on Mac OS X 10.7.2 with = GNU Emacs 23.3 (9.0))? >>=20 >> I installed the latest org-mode version by setting (in ./Makefile): >>=20 >> EMACS=3D/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS//emacs >> lispdir=3D/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/ >> infodir=3D/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/info >>=20 >> I checked the contribution README, but that didn't tell me how to = install org-mode ocntributions. >>=20 >>=20 >> Cheers, >>=20 >> Marius >>=20 >=20 >=20 > Marius, >=20 > Do you do what the fine manual suggests?: >=20 > If you plan to use code from the contrib subdirectory, do a similar > step for this directory: >=20 > (setq load-path (cons "~/path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp" load-path)) >=20 > http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation >=20 > Best, >=20 > Brian vdB