Good. But downloading by hand is kind of a pain.
> However, I'm not sure why this should have worked, since
>
> - M-x list-packages RET displays "[No match]" in the bottom bar.
What does C-h v package-archives report?
> I'm not sure what to do with
http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/blob_plain
> /1a0a666f941c99882093d7bd08ced15033bc3f0c:/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
> but I assume since I'm now running Org-Mode 7.6 it is no longer
> necessary.
If you want to use package manager with emacs-23 this step is
necessary. Copy it to "~/elisp" and follow step 2.
Jambunathan K.