Re: emacs24 problem of installation on Debian testing (jessie)

[Ernest Adrogué]

2014-01- 5, 14:27 (+0100); Joseph Vidal-Rosset escriu:
> Hello the list,
> 
> Here is the message error that I always meet when I try to install emacs24
> on my Debian testing:
> 
> Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
>  emacs24
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Échec de l'installation d'un paquet. Tentative de réparation :
> Paramétrage de emacs24 (24.3+1-2+b1) ...
> given is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 36.
> when is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 38.
> when is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 39.
> Install dictionaries-common for emacs24
> install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs24
> Warning: arch-dependent data dir (/usr/lib/emacs/24.2/i686-linux-gnu/) does
> not exist.
> Warning: arch-independent data dir (/usr/share/emacs/24.2/etc/) does not
> exist.
> Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/24.2/site-lisp' does not exist.
> Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/24.2/lisp' does not exist.
> Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/24.2/leim' does not exist.
> Error: charsets directory not found:
> /usr/share/emacs/24.2/etc/charsets
> Emacs will not function correctly without the character map files.
> Please check your installation!
> ERROR: install script from dictionaries-common package failed
> dpkg: error processing package emacs24 (--configure):
>  le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur
> de sortie d'état 1
> Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
>  emacs24
> 
> 
> Of course I have tried  apt-get remove --purge emacs24  and I have many
> tried to install emacs24 but without success.

The Emacs version in Debian testing is 24.3 but here you can see that the
package manager is trying to install stuff in /usr/share/emacs/24.2.  This
looks like your list of available packages is outdated or somehow corrupted.

I would try:

apt-get purge '*emacs*'
dpkg --clear-avail
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install emacs24

Hope it helps.