From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Info file org does not exist Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:40:29 -0500 Message-ID: <29270.1295365229@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51316 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfDg4-0004dL-7y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:41:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfDfn-0007iK-Ms for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:40:45 -0500 Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:33871) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfDfn-0007hi-JL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:40:43 -0500 Received: from gamaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [173.76.32.106]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LF8004JV67HEMA1@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:40:31 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: Message from Nathan Neff of "Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:25:38 CST." List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nathan Neff Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode Nathan Neff wrote: > > I apologize if this is a very simple question, but I'm using the > latest org-mode and > just switched to a Debian based distro. > > I'm able to run make && sudo make install in the org-mode source directory, but > when I go to Emacs, I don't see the Org-mode documentation when I use C-h i. > > When I run M-x org-info, I get the message "Info file org does not exist". > > I looked through the Makefile for org, and found several interesting targets: > > install-info > > and > > install-info-debian > > I installed the texinfo package, then tried running: > > sudo make install-info > > I get this message: > This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info > See the man page for ginstall-info for command line arguments > > I tried running: > > sudo make install-info-debian > > And I get the same message as above. > > Any ideas? I'm running Crunchbang Linux, which is Debian-based. > No ideas about the problem but I do have a solution that might work for you and bypass most of the problems. I don't "install" org at all: I just add the appropriate paths (/path/to/org/lisp and /path/to/org/contrib/lisp) to load-path. Similarly, I don't "install" the info file: I just added the appropriate path to INFOPATH (which is set in my .profile, which is sourced by some gdm startup script, so its settings are valid by the time my emacs is started - YMMV). In summary: o Set in .profile: INFOPATH=/path/to/org/doc:$INFOPATH export INFOPATH o In the org git directory, after every git pull: make info HTH, Nick