I actually had a pretty freshly installed Ubuntu. I also had separate partitions for home, /usr/local etc so I finally just made a fresh install and it's been working fine ever since.
I believe it was an interrupted update of some sort that broke my deb- db. Thanks for taking the.time. Sorry I can't be of any help our shared problem. Cheers Mats Den 10 dec 2012 20.48 skrev "Jonas Petersson" <997...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > Mickey's fix solve this for me too - when I later installed emacs23 > update-alternatives cleaned out severel old references to xemacs21. Note > however that some files are left behind in /usr/share/xemacs21/ - the > seem harmless, though. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (998737). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997457 > > Title: > xemacs21 not found when byte compiling for xemacs21 > > Status in “dictionaries-common” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > package dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > status 127 > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Thu May 10 05:47:34 2012 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > error exit status 127 > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: dictionaries-common > Title: package dictionaries-common 1.12.1ubuntu2 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > error exit status 127 > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dictionaries-common/+bug/997457/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997457 Title: xemacs21 not found when byte compiling for xemacs21 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dictionaries-common/+bug/997457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
