[ESS] ESS error: Autoloading failed to define function compilation--ensure-parse

[Dorazio, Robert]

​Hi Rodney,

Upgrading to Emacs 24.5 is difficult because it is not available in the
repository for Ubuntu 12.04​ (my OS).  I tried installing from source using
instructions from the following web site,

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/10/emacs-24-4-released-install-in-ubuntu-14-04/

 but installation failed to create a make file.

Any other suggestions?



Robert M. Dorazio
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
U.S. Geological Survey

Web site:  profile.usgs.gov/bob_dorazio


On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Sparapani, Rodney <rsparapa using mcw.edu> wrote:

> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
> >  of 2013-05-16 on panlong, modified by Debian, i.e., Ubuntu 12.04.
> >
> > I've been using ESS for years.  I just upgraded to the most recent
> version
> > of ESS using Ubuntu's package manager, and now upon starting an R process
> > using M-x R I get the following error message:
> >
> > Error in post-command-hook: (error Autoloading failed to define function
> > compilation--ensure-parse)
> >
> > in the buffer and R does not work.
> >
> > Any ideas how to fix this problem?
> >
> > Robert M. Dorazio
>
> Hi Robert:
>
> I guess Emacs 23.x does not have that function.  Maybe you can just
> grab compile.el from Emacs 24.x...
>
> compilation--ensure-parse is an autoloaded compiled Lisp function in
> `compile.el'.
>
> Or better yet, upgrade to Emacs 24.x
>
> Rodney
>
>

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