In case it is useful, here is Achim's post: From: Achim Gratz To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Re: [O] Stable releases Flags: replied, seen, list Date: Sat Aug 22 07:44:14 2015 Maildir: /TSDYE/INBOX List: emacs-orgmode.gnu.org
Thomas S. Dye writes: > I do have a technical question that you or someone else on the list > might be able to answer for me. When I downloaded the Babel languages > from melpa just now, the elpa version of Org mode was also downloaded > and installed, even though I didn't ask for it. Why is this? Although you don't say which package you tried, I would guess that the "org" package is specified as a dependency, likely with some minimum version. > Can it be disabled? Must the elpa Org mode be installed and activated > in order for the Org mode packages to work? >From the point of package manager anything installed from the outside doesn't exist. You can fake that in various way, for instance by creating a package directory "org-21991231" and putting an org-pkg.el with (define-package "org" "21991231" "Fake Org package for dependency resolution" 'nil) in it. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Waldorf MIDI Implementation & additional documentation: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfDocs Achim Gratz writes: > Adam Porter writes: >> I've had the same problem, I have to manually delete the extra org >> package now and then. I wonder if a dummy package would prevent >> package.el from reinstalling it... > > Yes it does and I've provided instructions on how to do that quite some > time ago on this list. > > > Regards, > Achim. -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com
