Aloha all, Thanks for your help and patience as I try to find the simplest, most widely applicable, path to a successful Org installation.
I've decided not to mention el-get in the manual. It looks like a great power-user tool, but I don't think it fits here. Perhaps something on Worg (if it's not already there)? Here is the most recent version: 1.2.3 Use the Org git repository -------------------------------- You can clone the development version of the Org git repository, typically to a location under your home directory. The example in this section assumes this location is `src/' in your home directory: $ cd ~/src/ $ git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git $ cd org-mode In most cases where you have permission to write to system locations, you will probably want to install Org with the Emacs system files. This is a system-specific operation that is guided by a file, `local.mk', which you must ensure is configured properly. First, generate a `local.mk' template with the command `make local.mk'. Edit `local.mk' following the instructions in the file, and save it.(1) Finally, run `make install' to build all of Org and install it. The command `make help' provides a full list of options for the build system. If you would like to run Org from the clone location, instead of installing it with the Emacs system files, you can simply run `make autoloads' and set the load-path in your `.emacs'. Using the example location, add this to `.emacs': (add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/org-mode/lisp") If your installation has special requirements, please refer to the detailed description of the capable build system at the Org Build System page (http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-build-system.html). ---------- Footnotes ---------- (1) The `local.mk' template is designed to work out of the box with GNU systems. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com
