On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:06:35PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > MCV> I think the problem is partly that you're trying to > > MCV> install emacs19 and emacs20: this will make things unhappy. > > MCV> Purge one or the other. Installing the emacs20-el package > > MCV> should created those files your lacking. > > > > I've purged both emacs19 and emacs20 and corisponding -el's > > (Since xemacs20 works, I didn't touch it.) > > Then --install emacs20, > > again, it failed at > > "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup.el missing" > > Then I tried --install emacs20-el, > > but this depends on emacs20, so have not been succeed, yet. > > Hmm... try --configure emacs20.... > > I seem to recall trying --configure on both emacs20, emacs20-el and gnus > several times, and it all sorted itself out eventually. Inelegant, but > there you go... > > Matthew
I got through! Thanks! Thanks for people answered me. I purge everything related to emacs, and remove all of the directories dpkg failed to delete during the purge, then installed again. Now, it works fine. Thank you! zhaoway