Thanks for taking your time to report this issue. I found an existing Debian bug report [1] on this issue. It has been fixed, but unfortunately the fixed version is newer than the one available in Ubuntu 14.04. Compare the mercurial package available in 14.04 [2] with the one in 14.10 [3].
There is a workaround though, since I notice that wish is not a dependency but a recommended package. If you append the option "--no- install-recommends" it should skip all recommended packages including wish when attempting to install mercurial. I think `sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends mercurial` would probably work better. If you would like a more permanent fix for the mercurial package in 14.04, it might be possible to get an SRU (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure) with the patch [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741514 [2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mercurial [3] http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/mercurial ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #741514 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741514 ** Changed in: mercurial (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Also affects: mercurial (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741514 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1472067 Title: Package pulls in wish and all dependencies by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mercurial/+bug/1472067/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
