For months I've been enjoying use of the org dynamic clock block (C-c C-x C-r) to help with my hour clocking. Suddenly I find it's not working, though. The only things I've changed is downloading the list-packages org-contrib and org-mode.
M-x org-version
Org-mode version 7.8.11
Attempt to update/add dynamic block (C-c C-x C-r)
Symbol's function definition is void: org-defvaralias
I tried to do manual execution of defuns in some of the org .el files, but that just made things worse. Any suggestions on the cleanest way to fix this?
I actually can't even clock-in anymore, with the same error.
I have verified that this is a result of the org-contrib install from ELPA, which seems to break it. This is sad, since I was putting good use to other org-contrib files.
I finally got around to fixing this. The key resource was http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html, and the solution boils down to two things I was doing wrong when I tried to install through the list-packages:
Remember to start have emacs running without having opened ANY org files or org-config settings. Best way to do this is M-xkill-emacs and start again with emacs -q.
Add to the top of your .emacs file:
;; Configure before loading org mode (package-initialize)
(package-initialize)
I've written a little more about it here.