I was able to circumvent this by removing all emacs related packages, purging all configurations and re-install emacs. It seems that emacsen- common looks at the remaining configuration files and than concludes incorrectly that the according packages are installed.
(I used dpkg -l "*emacs*" to find out which packages are installed (ii) or still have configuration files remaining (rc).) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311985 Title: dpkg config fails with xemacs21 on trusty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacsen-common/+bug/1311985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs