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 debian-startup.el . The best solution was to install a dedicated package conteining this file : emacsen-common I am still left with other packages problem since I did a $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall dictionaries-common -- 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 notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs-snapshot/+bug/673350/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
