I had the same issue in xenial and could resolve it. The problem occurs when pylint package was installed before emacs. The postinst script of pylint installs the pylint.el properly only if emacs has been installed.
To workaround the problem, reconfigure pylint as: sudo dpkg-reconfigure pylint -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530667 Title: Loading pylint.elc causes emacs24 to hang for a VERY LONG TIME at startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pylint/+bug/1530667/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
