Bonjour Jean-Jacques, sorry for not replying so long. I assume you still have this problem?
Jean-Jacques Rétorré <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Additionally, please try, as root > > >sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/auctex.postinst configure 2>&1 | tee auctex.lg > > >and send us the resulting file auctex.lg > > zoe:~# sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/auctex.postinst configure 2>&1 | tee > auctex.lg > + set -o posix > + source /usr/share/debconf/confmodule > ++ '[' '!' '' ']' > ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 > ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY > ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/auctex.postinst > configure > install/auctex: Setting up for emacs21... emacs-package-install: > /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/auctex emacs21 emacs21 failed > at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line > 1 Oh, I should have known that this does not give much additional information. In case you still get the error, please do the following: Open the file /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/auctex in a text editor. It starts with a couple of comment lines, then comes some code. The 8th line of code is a single line surrounded by empty lines, which reads: FLAVOR=${1} Please insert the following statement in the empty line before it: set -x After this, execute dpkg --reconfigure auctex 2>&1 | tee auctex-install.lg and send us the file auctex-install.lg Thank you in advance, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer