Re: Technical Issue with compiling org mode

[Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>]

Krishan Rajaratnam wrote:
> Hi I tried to install org mode by following the instructions and using 
> make, but Im not very familiar
> with make and I got an error. Im sending this email to try to get this 
> problem resolved. Here
> are the details:
>  
> Im using regular emacs so I left the emacs binary as emacs, and my share 
> file is right under usr
> (not under local) so my prefix was /usr. My makefile details are shown 
> below:
>  
> EMACS= emacs
> prefix=/usr ;there is no local file where share is found
> lispdir = $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp
> infodir = $(prefix)/share/info
>  
> Then I entered make in the commandline window and I got alot of messages 
> saying certain fuctions weren't
> found and at the end I got an  error message:
>  
> While compiling toplevel forms in file 
> /home/Krishan/org_mode/lisp/org-protocol.el:
> !! File error (("Cannot open load file" "url"))
> Done
> make: *** [lisp/org-protocol.elc] Error 1
>  

I would suggest that unless you need org to be available to all users on 
your computer, you install it somewhere in your home directory. I 
install org in #/.emacs-lisp/org and my makefile looks like:

# Name of your emacs binary
EMACS=emacs

# Where local software is found
prefix=~/.emacs-lisp

# Where local lisp files go.
lispdir = $(prefix)/org

Also what OS are you using - Linux, Windows, Mac?

Ian.