Tried to install or-mode from ELPA, got "Bad Request"

Tried to install or-mode from ELPA, got "Bad Request"

[Nate Bargmann]

I have my main machine running Debian 10 (Buster) with Emacs 26.1.  On
Tuesday I tried to install org-mode 9.3.1 from ELPA and got the
following error in the mini-buffer:

package-install-from-archive: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-9.3.1.tar: Bad Request

I have several packages installed from MELPA and this may be the first
time trying to install from ELPA and I was surprised by the error.  I
did install org-mode from the Debian package archive which gives me
version 9.1.4.

I get the same "Bad Request" error on my laptop that is running Debian
Testing (Bullseye) with Emacs 26.1.  Here are the messages left in the
Messages buffer:

Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
Install package ‘org-9.3.1’? y
Saving file /home/nate/.emacs.d/init.el...
Wrote /home/nate/.emacs.d/init.el [2 times]
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
package-install-from-archive: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-9.3.1.tar: Bad Request

Fortunately, Bullseye does have org-mode 9.3.1 in its archive.

TIA

- Nate

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Re: Tried to install or-mode from ELPA, got "Bad Request"

[Noam Postavsky]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 15:46, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
>
> I have my main machine running Debian 10 (Buster) with Emacs 26.1.  On
> Tuesday I tried to install org-mode 9.3.1 from ELPA and got the
> following error in the mini-buffer:
>
> package-install-from-archive: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-9.3.1.tar: Bad Request

It's Bug#36810; try upgrading to 26.3, or else

(setq gnutls-algorithm-priority "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.3")

in your init file may work around the problem.

https://debbugs.gnu.org/36810

Re: Tried to install org-mode from ELPA, got "Bad Request"

[Nate Bargmann]

Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 15:46, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
>>
>> I have my main machine running Debian 10 (Buster) with Emacs 26.1.  On
>> Tuesday I tried to install org-mode 9.3.1 from ELPA and got the
>> following error in the mini-buffer:
>>
>> package-install-from-archive: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-9.3.1.tar: Bad Request
>
> It's Bug#36810; try upgrading to 26.3, or else
>
> (setq gnutls-algorithm-priority "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.3")
>
> in your init file may work around the problem.
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/36810

Thanks for the tip, Noam.  I didn't find that in my search the other
day, likely because I included the elpa URL.  Regardless, I tried
setting the variable in the scratch buffer and then in my init.el and
received the same failure each time trying to install the package.

At this time I'm probably not missing anything as I'm just getting
started with org and can use the distirbution provided packages.

- Nate

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"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds.  The pessimist fears this is true."