Error after installing packages

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  1. rjcube

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    Every single time I install a package from Synapic Package Manager in Ubuntu 6.06, it gives me this error:

    Code:
    E: emacs21: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    E: cedet-common: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    E: eieio: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    E: speedbar: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    
    So far programs have worked even after that error, but should I be worried about this at all? and if so how can it be fixed?

    Edit: I have also tried searching Synaptic for each one of those, installed a few things but they still show up.
     
  2. megamaced

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    try:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get -f install
     
  3. rjcube

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    I tried that and the error still comes up in synaptic, it also comes up in the terminal, heres what came up when I tried that.

    Code:
    rjcube@rjcube-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
    Password:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    4 not fully installed or removed.
    Need to get 0B of archives.
    After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
    Setting up emacs21 (21.4a-3ubuntu2) ...
    emacs-install emacs21
    install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
    Loading 00debian-vars...
    No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
    Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
    Loading debian-ispell...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
    Loading 50festival (source)...
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-loaddefs.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
    Done
    install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc
    Done
    emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21
    emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21
    Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
    No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
    Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
    Loading debian-ispell...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
    Loading 50festival (source)...
    Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
    Done
    install/speedbar: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
    Loading 00debian-vars...
    No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
    Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
    Loading debian-ispell...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
    Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
    Loading 50festival (source)...
    Source file `/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.el' newer than byte-compiled file
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/bigclock.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/dframe.elc
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/rpm.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-ant.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-gud.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-html.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-image.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-info.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-rmail.elc
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-texinfo.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/sb-w3.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar.el:
      !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-loaddefs.elc
    Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/speedbar/speedbar-load.elc
    Done
    emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/speedbar emacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 5.
    dpkg: error processing emacs21 (--configure):
     subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cedet-common:
     cedet-common depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
      Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
      Package emacsen is not installed.
      Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing cedet-common (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eieio:
     eieio depends on emacs21 | emacsen; however:
      Package emacs21 is not configured yet.
      Package emacsen is not installed.
      Package emacs21 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
     eieio depends on cedet-common; however:
      Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing eieio (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of speedbar:
     speedbar depends on cedet-common; however:
      Package cedet-common is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing speedbar (--configure):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     emacs21
     cedet-common
     eieio
     speedbar
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    
     
  4. megamaced

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    Try:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install emacs21
    or

    Code:
    sudo apt-get -f install emacs21
     

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