Unpacking libgif4 (from .../libgif4_4.1.6-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package emacs23-common. Unpacking emacs23-common (from .../emacs23-common_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package emacs23-bin-common. Unpacking emacs23-bin-common (from .../emacs23-bin-common_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libotf0. Unpacking libotf0 (from .../libotf0_0.9.12-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package m17n-db. Unpacking m17n-db (from .../m17n-db_1.6.3-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package m17n-contrib. Unpacking m17n-contrib (from .../m17n-contrib_1.1.13-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libm17n-0. Unpacking libm17n-0 (from .../libm17n-0_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package emacs23. Unpacking emacs23 (from .../emacs23_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package emacs. Unpacking emacs (from .../emacs_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ess. Unpacking ess (from .../archives/ess_5.14-1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for install-info ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 added doc-base file... Setting up libgif4 (4.1.6-9ubuntu1) ... Setting up emacs23-common (23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2) ... Setting up emacs23-bin-common (23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/b2m.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/b2m (b2m) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ctags.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/ctags (ctags) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ebrowse.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/ebrowse (ebrowse) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/emacsclient (emacsclient) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/etags.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/etags (etags) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/grep-changelog.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/grep-changelog (grep-changelog) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/rcs-checkin.emacs23 to provide /usr/bin/rcs-checkin (rcs-checkin) in auto mode. Setting up libotf0 (0.9.12-1) ... Setting up m17n-db (1.6.3-1) ... Setting up m17n-contrib (1.1.13-1) ... Setting up libm17n-0 (1.6.3-1) ... Setting up emacs23 (23.3+1-1ubuntu9.2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs23-x to provide /usr/bin/emacs (emacs) in auto mode. emacs-install emacs23 install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs23 Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs23 emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs23 Wrote /etc/emacs23/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc install/ess: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 loading 'ess-compat .. loading 'ess-custom .. loading 'ess .. loading 'ess-site .. [ess-site:] ess-lisp-directory = '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess' [ess-site:] Before requiring dialect 'ess-*-d .... [ess-site:] require 'ess-r-d ... [ess-r-d:] (require 'ess-s-l) [ess-s-l:] (def** ) only ... Symbol's value as variable is void: ess-smart-S-assign-key emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ess emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, line 3. dpkg: error processing emacs23 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255