Can't install emacs-nox, config failed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs-defaults (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
lsb_release:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16root@vb1:~# apt-cache policy emacs-nox
emacs-nox:
Installed: 46.1
Candidate: 46.1
Version table:
*** 46.1 500
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
.04
My emacs installation got in a confused state, mixture of ubuntu packages and elpa packages. So
1/ apt remove --purge emacs* elpa-*
2/ Remove all traces of emacs and elpa packages, via find and rm as root
3/ Reinstall emacs-nox
apt install emacs-nox
dpkg report config error
4/ try again, same error
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: emacs-nox 46.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 27 20:31:39 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-21 (859 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: emacs-defaults
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-30 (118 days ago)
| Joe Wood (joew60) wrote | #1 |
| Joe Wood (joew60) wrote | #2 |
After some digging, I narrowed down the problem to install gnats-user for emacs24. Why its creating a gnats user I really don't know.
run the command, as root
# dpkg --configure -a -D221 &> Dpkg-error-log
NB. Initially it tried to create a gnats directory in , which I did on its behalf hoping this would solve the problem, but no joy. This is the second run