[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2014-03-28 Thread Rodney Dawes
** Changed in: emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) Assignee: rosa maria (rprosamaria383) = (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 Title: Can't install emacs23 To manage

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2014-03-21 Thread rosa maria
** Changed in: emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = rosa maria (rprosamaria383) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 Title: Can't install emacs23 To manage

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2014-03-20 Thread Antonio19
Clarification : The 3 files debian-ispell.el, flyspell.el and ipsell.el from /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dictionaries-common will be re-installed with this command $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall dictionaries-common The file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup.el will be restored by

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2014-03-19 Thread Antonio19
I am now encountering the same bug in Precise 12.04 after removing a not empty /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ directory while un-installing emacs24 ... The previous post is usefull however the 3 files debian-ispell.el, flyspell.el and ipsell.el were installed. The only file missing was

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2014-03-19 Thread Antonio19
[Follow-up]] I had to sometimes recreate the /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/[package-name] Then re-install the package [package-name] containing the .el file Then success for re-installing emacs24 . However now all the icons for the menu buttons on top of the window are gone ... (red cross) except

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2012-10-05 Thread Peter Flynn
FWIW I have just encountered this bug on multiple Ubuntu systems here, a mix of 10.*, 11.*, and 12.04 All these systems run stock LaTeX and Emacs from the default repos. I have repaired the damage manually with the following steps using Synaptic (NOT the new Software Centre, which hides too

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2012-03-05 Thread superxor
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 i386. I had faced the same problem when I had accidentally deleted /etc/emacs/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el. I tried installing emacs23 instead of emacs-snapshot, but it dint work. I tried installing dictionary-el package as @liuxhang1201 suggested, but even that dint

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2011-02-10 Thread liuzhang
I had the same problem and I fixed it by installing the dictionary-el package. Hope it works for you, bob. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 Title: Can't install emacs23 --

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2011-01-05 Thread era
Jianbo Li: which file system do you have on the drive? Which version of dpkg? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 Title: Can't install emacs23 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2011-01-04 Thread Jianbo Li
I have the same problem after manually remove emacs: cp: cannot stat `/etc/emacs/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el': No such file or directory When I looked into the directory under /etc/emacs/site-start.d/. I found nothing. Fortunately, I have another Ubuntu desktop. when I looked into the same

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-17 Thread era
The *.el symlink looks like an side effect of the a2ps postinst script. It should rightfully expect *.el to expand, but if it the files are not properly installed, this is what you will get. (Haven't looked at the script recently but IIRC this is how it works.) The root cause is still that some

Re: [Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-17 Thread BobvanderPoel
Sorry, but since I don't see a timely fix for this I'm leaving the looking to you guys. I've installed emacs from source and have no problems. Best. -- Can't install emacs23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-13 Thread BobvanderPoel
I'm wondering if this means anything? In the directory /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/a2ps I have a listing: bob$ ls -l total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-11-09 17:26 *.el - /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/a2ps/*.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 651 2010-11-13 19:05 path.elc with the file, yes!,

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-12 Thread era
The .list file is supposed to contain a list of all the files installed by the emacs23 package. It is managed by dpkg. Reinstalling emacs23 should recreate this file, with a list of all files installed. The lack of required files from various packages is definitely the root cause here. When a

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-12 Thread era
The upstream bug at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=430958 has some more discussion and insights. Could you please submit the contents of /etc/mtab so we can see what file systems you have mounted and where? ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #430958

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-12 Thread BobvanderPoel
You might be correct in looking at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=430958 except that: - I've not had any system crashes which might cause this - the version of dpkg I have is 1.15.8.4ubuntu1 (i386) and in the bug list you pointed out the lists a fix in 1.15.6. Do you think

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-11 Thread Nitesh Mistry
** Changed in: emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- Can't install emacs23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-11 Thread era
This sounds like bug #582341 -- does apt-get install --reinstall --purge emacsen-common work for you? I also speculate that the root cause could be bug #512096. ** Changed in: emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Can't install emacs23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-11 Thread BobvanderPoel
Sorry, but that doesn't work either: bob$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall --purge emacsen-common [sudo] password for bob: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-11 Thread BobvanderPoel
Further, looking at bug 512096 I see that there is an empty file /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs23.list. Would it be safe to remove this file and try again? . -- Can't install emacs23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-10 Thread era
The symptoms seem to point to missing files. I have been speculating that these might be caused by dpkg fsync problems. In any event, you may be able to recover by purging, then reinstalling dictionaries- common. As for the a2ps problem, purging a2ps should allow you to install emacs23 and

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-10 Thread BobvanderPoel
Okay, let's see if I can help 1. I did in the process of trying to remove-completely a2ps. It made no difference. Originally I was getting the error that /usr/share/emacs- snapshot/site-lisp/a2ps/ could not be accessed. I then manually created the a2ps directory ... and then I got the *.el

[Bug 673350] Re: Can't install emacs23

2010-11-09 Thread Nitesh Mistry
** Package changed: ubuntu = emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) -- Can't install emacs23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673350 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com