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[Tomas Nordin]

David Bremner <david at tethera.net> writes:

> You might need to install the org-mode package, rather than using the
> version of org-mode shipped with emacs.

I danced the following tango:

I installed a more up to date version of org through the emacs package
manager. Might not have been necessary. Then

(add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)

Then I installed the org-plus-contrib package. Now I can make links,
thanks.

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Tomas