Re: Help installing org-mode on a MAC please?

[Juan <Pechiar@computer.org>]

Hi Erwin,

I'm using Mac also (not Aquamacs emacs, but EmacsForMacOSX instead).

XEmacs is a completely different branch of Emacs, which I don't think
is available for OSX.

Then there is the text-mode emacs you run from the terminal.

And then there is the emacs you installed (Aquamacs), which runs on
its own graphics window (outside Terminal.app).

So don't confuse those 3 emacs versions.

You only need to install LaTeX if you want to build the documentation
(make doc). This is not strictly necessary.

Also, I have to modify the Makefile from org-mode to fit my emacs
installation. Aquamacs emacs should be similar, just check the exact
location of the Emacs application and change accordingly.

This is how my org-mode Makefile looks:

8<------------------------------------------------------------
   ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
   ##  YOU MUST EDIT THE FOLLOWING LINES
   ##----------------------------------------------------------------------

   # Name of your emacs binary
   EMACS=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

   # Where local software is found
   prefix=/Applications/Emacs.app

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

   # Where info files go.
   infodir = $(prefix)/Contents/Resources/info
8<------------------------------------------------------------

The rest of the Makefile you leave as is.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
.j.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 05:43:26PM +0200, Erwin Panen wrote:
> I recently switched over to Mac, so I'm not familiar yet with all
> inside-out Mac. At first I installed Aquamacs, but to be more
> compatible I'd prefer to keep up with org-mode using git.
>
> I managed to install homebrew, next git, and was able to use git to
> get a clone of org-mode so that's allright.
> (using git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git)
> Next I tried to follow the FAQ: How do I keep current with Org mode
> development? (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development)
>
> When I do: $ cd org-mode && make && make doc && make install
> everything seems to go allright, but I get an error in the end
> complaining about LateX not being installed.
> So I installed MacTEX and tried running the above once more, with
> the same error.
>
> When I open up a terminal window and issue emacs, it opens up emacs
> allright, but I find no xemacs? Is this not included with
> org-mode.git?