Installing Emacs gets error!

[NoOp]

On 03/06/2009 05:34 AM, Ziffer wrote:
> Hi,
>   My hardy works fine until I trying remove emacs. After doing ' sudo apt-get autoremove emacs' , I try install it again, then I get this:
> 
>        Byte-compiling add-on packages, please wait... failed.
> 
>       !! Byte-compilation for emacs22 failed!
>       !! This indicates a bug in one of the add-on packages
>       !! installed on your system, or a bug in Emacs itself.
>       !! Please file a bug report against emacs22
>       !! and attach the file /tmp/emacs22.Dc6404
> 

Try purging emacs first & then reinstalling:

$ sudo apt-get purge emacs
$ sudo apt-get install emacs