Re: help(newbie): emacs20 install

[zhaoway@njlug.org]

On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:06:35PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> 
> > MCV>         I think the problem is partly that you're trying to
> > MCV> install emacs19 and emacs20: this will make things unhappy.
> > MCV> Purge one or the other. Installing the emacs20-el package
> > MCV> should created those files your lacking.
> > 
> > I've purged both emacs19 and emacs20 and corisponding -el's
> > (Since xemacs20 works, I didn't touch it.)
> > Then --install emacs20,
> > again,  it  failed  at
> > "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup.el missing"
> > Then I tried --install emacs20-el,
> > but this depends on emacs20, so have not been succeed, yet.
> 
> Hmm... try --configure emacs20....
> 
> I seem to recall trying --configure on both emacs20, emacs20-el and gnus
> several times, and it all sorted itself out eventually. Inelegant, but
> there you go...
>  
> Matthew

I got through! Thanks! Thanks for people answered me.
I purge everything related to emacs, and remove all of the directories
dpkg failed to delete during the purge, then installed again. Now, it
works fine. Thank you!

zhaoway