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Andrew Pennebaker (apennebaker) wrote : Re: [Bug 1214053] Re: Unable to install emacs24 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

As stated in the original message, 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Damien Cassou <email address hidden>wrote:

> @Andrew what is your ubuntu version?
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> Title:
> Unable to install emacs24 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise
>
> Status in Emacs-snapshot for ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I've added the cassou ppa, but when I try to install emacs24 or emacs-
> snapshot, apt-get can't seem to find the right packages:
>
> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
> ...
> $ sudo apt-get update
> ...
> $ sudo apt-get install emacs24 emacs24-el emacs24-common-non-dfsg
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package emacs24
> E: Unable to locate package emacs24-el
> E: Unable to locate package emacs24-common-non-dfsg
> $ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package emacs-snapshot is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'emacs-snapshot' has no installation candidate
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