On 1/1/06, Michael Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all: > > I found the following posting in the archive: > > Re: [Fink-beginners] installing emacs21 in Tiger > Alexander K. Hansen > Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:30:34 -0700 > > On 9/19/05, Nancy Sandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello: > > > > I've updated my G5 to Tiger recently and installed Fink without any problem > > After installing teTex, I tried to install emacs21 but it did not work and > > the message > > was that the emacsen-common package was not configure. > > I tried to install the emacsen-common package but it gave me an error > > message > > again. > > I tried to remove both packages to start all over and this is the message > > I've received: > > > > Reading Package Lists... > > Building Dependency Tree... > > Sorry, emacs21 is already the newest version. > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > > Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.13-2) ... > > /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/emacsen-common.postinst: line 45: > > /sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install: No such file > > or directory > > dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs21: > > emacs21 depends on emacsen-common; however: > > Package emacsen-common is not configured yet. > > dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > emacsen-common > > emacs21 > > E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > Is there anyone who could help me? > > I really appreciate your time! > > nancy > > I recall having some fairly sticky problems with this, myself on my > Panther-> Tiger updgrade. Try the following: > > sudo dpkg --remove --force-all emacs21 > sudo dpkg --remove --force-all emacsen-common > > Then try installing _just_ emacsen-common and report back to the list > if there's an error message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Unfortunately, I have the same problem. > When I run the command > > sudo dpkg --remove --force-all emacsen-common > > I get the following (error) message: > > Lobo:/Users/mwolf root# sudo dpkg --remove --force-all emacsen-common > (Reading database ... 25781 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing emacsen-common ... > emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open > /sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at > /sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36. > dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > emacs-package-install: Couldn't open > /sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at > /sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 36. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > emacsen-common > > So not sure how to proceed from here. Any pointers would be > greatly appreciated. Also, feel free to mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks much & Happy New Year, > Michael > > Let me know if the suggestion given here works:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.general/19715/match=maccallum+emacs -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
