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

[Dorazio, Robert]

ESS 24 is not available in the Ubuntu 12.04 repository;   therefore, to
solve my problem, I:

1. upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04
2. deleted Emacs 23 and ESS 23
3. installed ESS 24.3, which was available in the repository for Ubuntu
14.04

Now Emacs + ESS + R works as it did before -- actually better!!

Many thanks for all your help!!


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 11:41 AM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit using gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have fixed this issue on ESS side, but I would still recommend upgrading
> your
> emacs to >= 24.4. There are just too many features that you are missing.
>
> Another option to get the latest emacs is
>
>    https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
>
>
>   Vitalie
>
> >> On Fri, Oct 02 2015 09:25, Dorazio, Robert wrote:
>
> > ​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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