I have this problem in ubuntu 13.10 too, and didn' manage to fix it. Even installing it from elpa didn' help.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to auctex in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1149196 Title: AucTeX doesn't get installed correctly with emacs 24 Status in “auctex” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As reported in AskUbuntu (http://askubuntu.com/questions/215641/auctex-in-12-04-ignores-emacs-24) the AucTeX package in Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't get installed correctly for emacs 24. I can confirm this for 12.10. As a result opening .tex files in emacs 24 will not load auctex and the AucTeX menus (and other functionality) don't appear. The solution ( a one digit addition to the install script) is also mentioned in the askUbuntu thread. Apparently Debian has already fixed this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683032 I am using the following version of the auctex package: 11.86-2ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/auctex/+bug/1149196/+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