Did you add this to your personal .bashrc or to something like /etc/profile (system-wide)? Your personal environment should certainly be sanitized away if you install packages using sudo.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs-goodies-el in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080968 Title: package emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in “emacs-goodies-el” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The installed extras seem to work; but there are a pile of odd symlinks under /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/emacs-goodies.el/: $ ll /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/ total 396K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12K Nov 19 21:52 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Nov 19 20:09 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 89 Nov 19 20:09 ?[32m?[K1?[m?[K?[36m?[K:?[m?[Kalign-string.el -> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/?[32m?[K1?[m?[K?[36m?[K:?[m?[Kalign-string.el lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 80 Nov 19 20:09 ?[32m?[K1?[m?[K?[36m?[K:?[m?[Kall.el -> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/?[32m?[K1?[m?[K?[36m?[K:?[m?[Kall.el ... ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 AptOrdering: emacs-goodies-el: Install emacs-goodies-el: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Nov 19 21:52:11 2012 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: emacs-goodies-el Title: package emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs-goodies-el/+bug/1080968/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp