Re: How can one check which version of specific emacs package is being loaded

[Kevin Rodgers]

Nobuko Three wrote:
> I installed the latest version of the Emacs package org-mode manually on my
> Ubuntu machine. I didn't edit Makefile because I don't know how to do it, so
> I believe there are two org-mode files on my machine: one is Emacs built-in
> old version (Emacs is installed from Synaptic), another is the manually
> installed new version. How can I check which one is being loaded?
>
> Actually I added the following line to org.el before installing it.
>
> (setq my-org-mode-version-is 625)
>
> But something tells me my trick must be unnecessary. (This trick told me the
> new version of org-mode is being loaded)
>
> On the other hand, I also installed the latest reftex 4.33 package.  But
> when do M-x find-library RET reftex RET, I get the old 4.31 version of the
> file and when I evaluate the variable reftex-version, it says version 4.31,
> the old version. But some behavior of reftex changed after I installed the
> latest version. 
>
> How can I make sure that the old version of a specific package not be
> loaded? And what is the reliable way to verify it?

M-x list-load-path-shadows
M-x locate-library

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA