* Pankaj Jangid <pan...@codeisgreat.org> [2020-11-18 09:47]:
> Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> I am trying to use `use-package' for package management via the init
> >> file. And when I do (use-package org :ensure t) it doesn't install the
> >> latest. It uses the builtin package only. Is this a bug in emacs,
> >> use-package or elpa?
> >
> > Not a bug at all. You have to configure your emacs to obtain the latest
> > version from the org (or MELPA?) repository.
> >
> > If you really want the most recent org version, you need to add the org
> > ELPA repository to your packages.el repository list. I have the
> > following in my setup -
> >
> > (add-to-list 'package-archives `("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/";))
> > (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/";))
>
> Okay. I don't have org-elpa in my list. But Org 9.4 is visible in the
> `gnu' archive. I have this in my configuration
>
> (custom-set-variables
> '(package-archives '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/";)
> ("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/";))))
>
> When I install it manually via package-install it gets installed. But
> (use-package org :ensure t) doesn't install it. Probably the order is
> affecting it.
You may try by using Org ELPA:
("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/";)
