On 5/26/13, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> wrote: > * writes: >> Dear list... >> >> I've compiled Emacs 24.3 into this computer. During this process, I've >> set the following variables: >> >> --with-x=no >> --prefix=/home/me/prefix/emacs-24.3 >> bindir=/home/me/bin >> >> Beyond these customizations, I think everything else is default. >> /home/me/bin/ is already in $PATH... >> >> I want to compile and install the Org-mode of orgmode.org's git >> repository... >> >> After cloning and switching to maint branch, I'm setting the following >> variables in local.mk generated by make config: >> >> EMACS = emacs >> prefix = /home/me/prefix >> lispdir= $(prefix)/emacs-24.3/share/emacs/24.3/lisp/org >> datadir = $(prefix)/emacs-24.3/share/emacs/24.3/etc/org >> infodir = $(prefix)/emacs-24.3/share/info > > Don't. This would be trying to overwrite the files that come with > Emacs. It seems you are trying to set up a private "/usr/local" in > "/home/me/prefix", so the canonical place to install Org into would be: > > prefix := /home/me/prefix/share > lispdir := $(prefix)/emacs/site-lisp/org > datadir := $(prefix)/emacs/etc/org > > You need to check that sitelispdir for your Emacs points to that place > as well.
Super! Thanks... Should sitelispdir point to the location of "datadir" as well? I mean: Do I need both of the following lines (or only the first one) in my .emacs file? (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/me/prefix/share/emacs/site-lisp/org") (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/me/prefix/emacs/etc/org") >> Once these changes to local.mk have been made, I'm planning to install >> Org-mode by simply running "make install". In all, the command line >> sequence for installing and compiling Org-mode would be like: >> >> git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git >> cd org-mode >> git checkout maint >> make config >> emacs local.mk (make above changes...) > > make config-all > make -n install > >> make install >> >> My questions are: For my Emacs set-up, are these local.mk settings >> good? Does the command line sequence make sense? > > > > Regards, > Achim. > -- > +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ > > SD adaptation for Waldorf Blofeld V1.15B11: > http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada > > >