Emacs Doesn't See New Org-Mode Installation

Question

I installed version 6.0.2 org-mode from the emacs package list. I downloaded the latest version 8.2.4 and put it in .emacs.d and added the following to my .emacs,

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-8.2.4/lisp")

Emacs still reports that the org-mode version will be 8.2.1

Answer 1

Try removing the old org-mode settings (s) from load-path :

  (require 'cl) ;; Org-mode that was shipped with Emacs (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org$" x)) load-path)) ;; ELPA (setq load-path (remove-if (lambda (x) (string-match-p "org-20" x)) load-path)) (setq custom-org-path "~/.emacs.d/org-8.2.4/lisp") (add-to-list 'load-path custom-org-path) 

Also be sure to do this as early as possible in init.el , especially if you are using an org-mode based system for your emacs configuration files.

Answer 2

Add the following to the init.el file.

 (require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t) 

From the compact organization guide here .