org- mode elpa intall `Invalid function: org-assert-version`
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Telefza · 2022-12-05 10:45

Ever since installing [org-roam](https://www.orgroam.com/) I am told
to install the [elpa version of
org](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org.html).

My archives look like this:

    (setq package-archives
          '(("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
           ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")))

And I pinned the version to `gnu` in `use-package`

    (use-package org
       :pin gnu)

When I install the `org` from the package list I get the same error
over and over again:

    Error: Invalid function: org-assert-version

I have no clue what is going wrong here.

thanks for reading.

Edit: Emacs Version 27.1 on Debian Testing.

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yantar92 · 2022-12-05 17:37

What is your Emacs version?

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franburstall · 2022-12-05 17:56

This might help:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z7qulo/comment/iygt1xx/

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franburstall · 2022-12-05 18:38

Here is what worked for me in the end:
1. Remove any org installation in in ~/.emacs.d/elpa.
2. fire emacs -Q and do an install-package org from there.
3. restart your usual emacs and everything is golden

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thalesmg · 2022-12-05 23:03

This solved the issue for me as well, thanks!

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Telefza · 2022-12-06 07:27

27.1

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Telefza · 2022-12-06 08:00

This solved it for me. I did all the steps before but installing org
package after starting `emacs -Q` instead of regular emacs did the
trick.

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dark-shadow · 2022-12-06 08:35

For me, package-reinstall achieved the same.

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franburstall · 2022-12-06 18:27

Glad it worked! My thinking was to avoid any chance of the built-in
`org` being loaded...