The dictionaries-common postinst script wants to compile for xemacs21, which is not found. This points to a possible problem with your xemacs21 installation, but nothing is visible from the logs. What is the status of your xemacs21 installation? If you remove it, are you able to proceed with the dictionaries-common installation?
** Package changed: emacsen-common (Ubuntu) => xemacs21 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xemacs21 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacsen-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999012 Title: package emacsen-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 127 Status in “xemacs21” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Update from Ubuntu 11.10 caused a lot of pain and some packages are not installed correctly. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: emacsen-common (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 4 11:11:57 2012 ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 127 SourcePackage: emacsen-common Title: package emacsen-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 127 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-03 (10 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/999012/+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