Hello, I am trying to install these packages to enhance emacs for programming but aptitude is ending in errors. Here is some messages that I get: ---------------------------------------------------------------- $> sudo aptitude -V install cedet-common ecb
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: cedet-common [1:1.0pre4-3] cedet-contrib{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] cogre{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] ecb [2.32-1] ede{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] eieio{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] semantic{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] speedbar{a} [1:1.0pre4-3] 0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2,059kB of archives. After unpacking 9,437kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done Selecting previously deselected package cedet-common. (Reading database ... 245255 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking cedet-common (from .../cedet-common_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package speedbar. Unpacking speedbar (from .../speedbar_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package eieio. Unpacking eieio (from .../eieio_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for install-info ... install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/ispell.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/opt.info.gz' Setting up cedet-common (1:1.0pre4-3) ... install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc Setting up speedbar (1:1.0pre4-3) ... install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot Loading `dframe': old-style backquotes detected! Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc In toplevel form: dframe.el:121:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !! This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual. Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 Loading `dframe': old-style backquotes detected! Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc In toplevel form: dframe.el:121:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !! This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual. Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc Selecting previously deselected package ede. (Reading database ... 245378 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ede (from .../ede_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package semantic. Unpacking semantic (from .../semantic_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package cedet-contrib. Unpacking cedet-contrib (from .../cedet-contrib_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package cogre. Unpacking cogre (from .../cogre_1%3a1.0pre4-3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package ecb. Unpacking ecb (from .../archives/ecb_2.32-1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for install-info ... install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/ispell.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/opt.info.gz' Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Setting up eieio (1:1.0pre4-3) ... install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/eieio: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot In toplevel form: chart.el:166:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: eieio-base.el:56:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-comp.elc In toplevel form: eieio-custom.el:323:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-doc.elc In toplevel form: eieio.el:1949:39:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-opt.elc In toplevel form: eieio-speedbar.el:197:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: eieio-test-methodinvoke.el:78:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: linemark.el:243:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/eieio emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2. dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ede: ede depends on eieio (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ede (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of semantic: semantic depends on ede; however: Package ede is not configured yet. semantic depends on eieio (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing semantic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-contrib: cedet-contrib depends on semantic (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package semantic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing cedet-contrib (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cogre: cogre depends on semantic (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package semantic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing cogre (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ecb: ecb depends on eieio (>= 1.1); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. ecb depends on semantic (>= 1.1); however: Package semantic is not configured yet. ecb depends on cedet-contrib (>= 1.1); however: Package cedet-contrib is not configured yet. ecb depends on cogre (>= 1.1); however: Package cogre is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ecb (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: eieio ede semantic cedet-contrib cogre ecb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up eieio (1:1.0pre4-3) ... install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc install/eieio: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot In toplevel form: chart.el:166:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: eieio-base.el:56:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-comp.elc In toplevel form: eieio-custom.el:323:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-doc.elc In toplevel form: eieio.el:1949:39:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-load.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/eieio/eieio-opt.elc In toplevel form: eieio-speedbar.el:197:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: eieio-test-methodinvoke.el:78:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer In toplevel form: linemark.el:243:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: outbuffer emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/eieio emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2. dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ecb: ecb depends on eieio (>= 1.1); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ecb (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ede: ede depends on eieio (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ede (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of semantic: semantic depends on ede; however: Package ede is not configured yet. semantic depends on eieio (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package eieio is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing semantic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-contrib: cedet-contrib depends on semantic (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package semantic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing cedet-contrib (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cogre: cogre depends on semantic (>= 1:1.0pre4-3); however: Package semantic is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing cogre (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: eieio ecb ede semantic cedet-contrib cogre Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Reading task descriptions... Done ---------------------------------------------------------------- and these are emacs packages I have installed: $> COLUMNS=110 dpkg -l *emacs* | grep ^i ii emacs 23.1+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage) ii emacs-goodies-el 30.5-1 Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs ii emacs-snapshot 1:20091010-1 The GNU Emacs editor (development snapshot) ii emacs-snapshot-bin-co 1:20091010-1 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture dependent file ii emacs-snapshot-common 1:20091010-1 The GNU Emacs editor's common infrastructure ii emacs23 23.1+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface) ii emacs23-bin-common 23.1+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture dependent file ii emacs23-common 23.1+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, architecture independent in ii emacsen-common 1.4.19 Common facilities for all emacsen Can somebody help me understand what is going wrong and how to fix it? Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. 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