Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de> writes: > > Fritz Kunze writes: > > I ran M-x load-library org followed by M-x org-version - which > > returned 7.8.09. > > You didn't generate and (require 'org-install). > > > (Incidentally, and for the sake of completeness in this > > report, I built the compiled version of this upgrade by using > > > > M-x cd ~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/ followed by C-u 0 M-x > > byte-recompile-directory) > > You still don't have org-install.el > > > I renamed the org-6.36 folder. I started up emacs and the error > > still appeared. > > You do not have org-install.el and you are picking up outdated autoload > definitions from your emacs installation. > > > As an experiment, I modified the load-path to consist only of one > > statement: > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/") > > ; (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/contrib/lisp") > > And suddenly the "bug" vanished. What's going on - do you have any > > idea? I thought I would certainly need this > > directory "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/contrib/lisp" in my load-path. > > Fix the installation first and then worry about things in contrib/. > > Regards, > Achim. Hi Achim, I managed to fix my installation (at least so far) with the addition of
(require 'org-install) Thanks for your comments as they led me to try this solution. One question: when you wrote "outdated autoload definitions" did you mean that I should be using some other form to specify the load path (I was loading from (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-7.8.09/") rather than from (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-6.36/lisp")? Regarding the installation instructions: At first I started here (http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation) but since I am running on windows 7, I have no access to "Make". I want to avoid installing cywin as it typically fails to track windows 7 x64. As far as I can tell, make is unnecessary as well since you can hand compile all the files (as I described in my bug report). It's my mistake that I failed to notice the requirement to add (require 'org-install). Here's a suggestion that might help others who encounter similar problems: Augment the installation description (http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation) with a short description for windows users (that avoids the use of make).
