Furthermore, this seems to have been caused by xemacs21 which I believe is no longer supported on Ubuntu.
Setting up emacsen-common (2.0.7) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/emacs/site-start.el ... Install emacsen-common for xemacs21 emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor xemacs21 WARNING: Couldn't find obvious defaults for: data-directory mule-lisp-directory lisp-directory Perhaps some directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, /usr/bin/xemacs21 is in a strange place?Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup... Loading 00debian... Error while loading 00debian: Symbol's function definition is void: loop Loading 00debian-vars... Loading 50dictionaries-common... Error while loading 50dictionaries-common: No /usr/local/ prefixed paths in load-path Symbol's function definition is void: dolist xemacs exiting . ERROR: install script from emacsen-common package failed dpkg: error processing package emacsen-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 (Copy/paste from VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz line 13445f.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Emacs Lisp, which is subscribed to emacsen-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1368071 Title: package emacsen-common 2.0.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacsen-common/+bug/1368071/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp Post to : ubuntu-elisp@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp