Hello. An excerpt of the page
https://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html
is
Using Emacs packaging system
Recent Emacs distributions include a packaging system which lets you
install Elisp libraries. You can install Org from the “package menu”,
with M-x list-packages. See Package Menu.
Important: You need to do this in a session where no ‘.org’ file has
been visited, i.e., where no Org built-in function have been
loaded. Otherwise autoload Org functions will mess up the
installation.
To avoid interference with built-in Org mode, you can use command line:
emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
This approach has the advantage of isolating the upgrade process from a
running Emacs session, ensuring that version conflicts can not arise.
I have used the emacs batch command above on a number of machines but it
always failed (see below), so I guess I am doing something wrong, but what?
Anyway, is it correct that one does not need this command to avoid the
above mentioned interferences, provided that a single Emacs session is
running, and in which no org file has been visited (.org or otherwise)?
Thanks.
NB: I of course type the emacs command on a single line of a regular
terminal.
* Fedora 40
Linux frac.u-strasbg.fr 6.11.5-200.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue
Oct 22 19:13:11 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.42,
cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-07-16
Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /usr/share/emacs/29.4/lisp/org/)
Mark set
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Error: wrong-type-argument (package-desc nil)
mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode
0x1a9410ba93aef0d9>)) debug-early-backtrace() debug-early(error
(wrong-type-argument package-desc nil)) package-upgrade(org) (progn
(require 'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org)) command-line-1(("-eval" "(progn (require
'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org))")) command-line() normal-top-level()
Wrong type argument: package-desc, nil
* Fedora 38
Linux fedora 6.8.9-100.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 2
18:50:49 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 29.3 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41,
cairo version 1.17.8) of 2024-03-25
Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /usr/share/emacs/29.3/lisp/org/)
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Error: wrong-type-argument (package-desc nil)
mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode
0x1880ef4263aef0ea>))
debug-early-backtrace()
debug-early(error (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))
package-upgrade(org)
(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org))
command-line-1(("-eval" "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"))
command-line()
normal-top-level()
Wrong type argument: package-desc, nil
* Another Fedora 38
Linux fruc.u-strasbg.fr 6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri
Oct 6 19:02:35 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 28.3 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.38,
cairo version 1.17.8) of 2023-09-24
Org mode version 9.5.5 (release_9.5.5 @ /usr/share/emacs/28.3/lisp/org/)
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Failed to download ‘gnu’ archive.
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Failed to download ‘nongnu’ archive.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function package-upgrade)
(package-upgrade 'org)
(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org))
command-line-1(("-eval" "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(pa..."))
command-line()
normal-top-level()
* Fedora 34
Linux frac 5.17.12-100.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 30 17:47:02 UTC
2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.30,
cairo version 1.17.4) of 2021-08-07
Org mode version 9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /usr/share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/)
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Symbol’s function definition is void: package-upgrade
* Debian
Linux petrelvm-lin.eost.unistra.fr 6.1.0-22-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Debian 6.1.94-1 (2024-06-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.38, cairo
version 1.16.0) of 2024-06-25, modified by Debian
Org mode version 9.5.5 (release_9.5.5 @ /usr/share/emacs/28.2/lisp/org/)
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function package-upgrade)
(package-upgrade 'org)
(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org))
command-line-1(("-eval" "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(pa..."))
command-line()
normal-top-level()
* Ubuntu
Linux loreen-tablet 6.8.0-45-generic #45~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Wed Sep 11 15:25:05 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNU Emacs 28.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.33, cairo
version 1.16.0) of 2022-05-31
Org mode version 9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-25-gaf6f12 @
/usr/share/emacs/28.1/lisp/org/)
$ emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"
Importing package-keyring.gpg...
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Contacting host: elpa.nongnu.org:443
Package refresh done
Error: wrong-type-argument (package-desc nil)
mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode
0x9d980ba93aef0ed>))
debug-early-backtrace()
debug-early(error (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))
package-upgrade(org)
(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents)
(package-upgrade 'org))
command-line-1(("-eval" "(progn (require 'package) (package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents) (package-upgrade 'org))"))
command-line()
normal-top-level()
Wrong type argument: package-desc, nil
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