"apt-get install emacs tuareg-mode" pulls in xemacs21

This appears to be a duplicate of a known bug. If you do not require xemacs21, maybe you can just silently uninstall it. tuareg-mode appears to prefer xemacs21-nomule over other emacsen, which is probably a mistake (I filed bug #638781 about this issue just now). You apparently already have emacs23 so if you are fine with that, you can ignore the problem with xemacs21.

Additionally: what packages exactly were you trying to install? I can't get it to install emacs23 if I install just ocaml-nox pycaml, and then if I add emacs23 then it will not install xemacs21.

I am setting the Status of this bug report to Incomplete to signal that we are waiting for further input from you. Please set the Status back to New once you have supplied the requested additional information.

I'm removing the duplicate marking for bug #467446 for now as it is not essential to your particular problem.

Indeed, I don't need xemacs and purge it to avoid the problem.

Concerning the packages I installed, it was emacs (and not directly emacs23) and tuareg-mode.
xemacs21 is maybe also a dependency of the emacs package (or a recommended one).

I don't think it is a duplicate of bug #467446. This one seems to be about a problem
with update-alternatives while I got errors compiling tuareg-mode related .el files for xemacs21.

install/ocaml-mode: Handling install for emacsen flavor xemacs21
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-compat.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-compat.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/camldebug.el...
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/camldebug.el:
  !! error (("Invalid syntax description flag: \"()1n\""))
>>Error occurred processing camldebug.el:
Invalid syntax description flag: "()1n"

Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-font.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-font.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-help.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-help.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-hilit.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-hilit.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-types.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-types.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-xemacs.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/caml-xemacs.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/inf-caml.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ocaml-mode/inf-caml.elc
Done
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ocaml-mode xemacs21 emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 4.
dpkg: error processing xemacs21-mule (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The ocaml bug is #464587 and there were a couple of other well-known errors in the log too. What I'm wondering about is how xemacs21 got installed -- I cannot reproduce that on Lucid. If I apt-get install emacs tuareg-mode (or even just tuareg-mode; it pulls in emacs23 by itself) then no xemacs21 gets installed, even with -o Apt::Install-Suggests=true -- so that's what I'd like to try to resolve here.

I got differents results for "tuareg-mode emacs" and "emacs tuareg-mode"

npalix@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install tuareg-mode emacs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common ledit libcompfaceg1
  libdb4.7 ocaml-base-nox ocaml-interp ocaml-mode xemacs21
  xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-nomule xemacs21-support
Suggested packages:
  emacs23-el ocaml xemacs21-supportel
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  emacs emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common ledit
  libcompfaceg1 libdb4.7 ocaml-base-nox ocaml-interp ocaml-mode tuareg-mode
  xemacs21 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-nomule xemacs21-support
0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 57.2MB of archives.
After this operation, 174MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
npalix@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install emacs tuareg-mode
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common ledit
  ocaml-base-nox ocaml-interp ocaml-mode
Suggested packages:
  emacs23-el ocaml
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  emacs emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacsen-common ledit
  ocaml-base-nox ocaml-interp ocaml-mode tuareg-mode
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.0MB of archives.
After this operation, 77.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n

ARGHT!!!

Now I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED!?!?!

But first->_
Hi All.ToGeThR,

Just some minutes ago I tried to add a ComMent here, b'cause I think, I'm hav'ing Trouble with the SaMe PROB.lem for the last two days (and partly the K)night'S as well ;-> ) ) ) -->_

But now I'm Tired and make it Short:

I Think, 'ThaT I pinned the problem down to be somewhere in a script in connection with the xemule21-(no)?)mule? ->PackAge.

My best guess now is, that it has to do SomeThing with a function Getting the Wrong Number(i.e. =3) of arguments!

But that's enough for now: I only cross-read this bug and was too happy to find at least some recent report, with any resembly to actual problem, that I don't want to go into to much Deatail this Night!

-> Now I've to Go To Bed!

Good K)Nai8'T All!

CpU.ou

PS: I ho'Pe I'Ll SeE You ToMoRroW!?!!! ! . . . ł … … … ;)

I' Hope 'This now Get's to Be FiXed Soon. . . …

SoRrY:

-> 'I ForGot:

Binary package hint: xemacs21

I encountered this problem while installing tuareg-mode and emacs with apt-get.

xemacs21 has been installed as a dependency (maybe only a proposition) of emacs.

ProblemType: Package -> xemacs21-(no)mule?
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS + KuBuntu + XuBuntu + LuBuntu
Package: xemacs21 (not installed), -> xemacs21-mule ; -> xemacs21-nomule?
ProcVersionSignature: ( Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 )) -> ? Don't Really Know, What That Is exactly? C'aN You HelP Me? ;)
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686, +-> Linux 2.6.32-25-generic amd64
Architecture: i386; +amd64=x86_64
Date: Fr:30.09.2010 0:10:-x MESZ
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 … .. . . ->-->ToMmoRroW MoRe! --> Or Rather ToDay!
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
SourcePackage: xemacs21
Title: package xemacs21 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 … . . . --> s.o.

See You ToMoRoW!
CPY.ou

Andreas: could you please write a short description of your proposal for how to fix this. Changing the "assigned to" to yourself implies that you are prepared to solve this problem for Ubuntu; is this correct?

In the meantime, unless you are positive that what you are seeing is identical to the original bug report, please file a separate bug, or hold your comments until you have a conclusion to report. Thanks.

ThanK Y.ou ERA!
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Hello Andreas:

Please dont spam and hijack bugs and I ve noticed a similar activity on the Answers page

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/127493

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/127489

So please dont spam us we are here to help in case of any problems

Regards

Hi A.ll!

S'R'Y:
I've V'RY IMPORTANT W'RK ToDo Till MoN'DaY -->!'ll 've Pro.ba.b'ly NO TIME to w'rk on this BuG Till Mon.d'y!

Ex'cuse Me!

Cpu

AR'GH!

1. Computer Crash'D as I W'nted to Post a Comment here
2. FireFox CRASHED --- --- " --------------------------------- " ----
3: IF IT DOES'NT WORKK NOW! I'm NOT GOING TO TRY AGAIN!

4: bTB.now:

Anyway: If you'd unComment the troublesome script (/usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/anjsp/anjsp.el !?!!!) -–
… then synaptic J'st saY's SmTh'ng 'bout "Abhängigkeits"-trouble (i.e. "dependency"?-trb.?) –.…
… so NOw : 'Ts TIME for the people from apt-get/dpkg 'Nd/OR the MAintainer of the script in question(<email address hidden>) -…
… most likely the whole thing is a Com'pta'bil'ty issue … 'Speccially since 't Scri'pt is date from 2001! …

…

So Goodbye for NOW!
->See .u
CPY

Andreas: your problem is probably bug #222870.

Again, please remember that each comment you make here ends up being sent as an email to a lot of people (in the Launchpad web interface, see the Subscribers list at the right; do note that some of the recipients are mailing lists with many subscribers).