I've been getting this error for a couple weeks, and it's keeping me from installing a bunch of other stuff. Anyone know what the problem might be? Here's what I have installed (more or less):
$ dpkg -l | grep emacs rc emacs19 19.34-23 The GNU Emacs editor. iF emacs20 20.4-3 The GNU Emacs editor. iU emacs20-el 20.4-3 GNU Emacs LISP (.el) files. ii emacsen-common 1.4.9 Common facilities for all emacsen. ii gnuserv 2.1alpha-5 client/server addon for the emacs editor ii xemacs20-bin 20.4-14 Editor and kitchen sink -- support binaries ii xemacs20-nomule 20.4-14 Editor and kitchen sink -- Non-mule binary ii xemacs20-suppor 20.4-14 Editor and kitchen sink -- architecture inde Here's the excerpt from dselect: ---------------------------- Wrote /etc/emacs20/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc Done install/dpkg-dev: Byte-compiling for emacs20 /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common-install: cd: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dpkg-dev: No such file or directory emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacsen-common-install emacs20 xemacs20 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28. dpkg: error processing emacs20 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs20-el: emacs20-el depends on emacs20 (= 20.4-3); however: Package emacs20 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing emacs20-el (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: emacs20 emacs20-el installation script returned error exit status 100. Press RETURN to continue.