Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Yes. I just updated org. I'm now at: > > Org-mode version 8.0-pre (release_8.0-pre-54-gb5a853 @ > > /user/share/emacs/site-lisp/org) > > Are you "overwriting" the org files that come with your distribution of > emacs? If you are, I think that is asking for trouble. I would > recommend to install to a separate directory, maybe somewhere in your > home if you are the only user or somewhere in /opt/ if you want it to be > available to other users.
This is the canonical place for site-wide installation and it should work correctly. But looking at the other problems reported there is something else wrong with that Emacs installation, badly so. But not this. Regards, Achim.