Error Installing Emacs25 Package on Ubuntu 16.04












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I am trying to install Emacs25 package on Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Emacs 24 and Emacs-snapshot (currently Emacs 27.0.50).



I ran the following commands



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs 
sudo apt-get update


After that I ran



sudo apt install emacs25


during which I get this



user@user-desktop:$ sudo apt install emacs25
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
emacs25-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
emacs25 emacs25-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/21.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 90.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 298195 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking emacs25-common (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el', which is also in package emacs-snapshot-common 20190326:96618-9a6cba2~ubuntu16.04.1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Selecting previously unselected package emacs25.
Preparing to unpack .../emacs25_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking emacs25 (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Could someone tell me what is going on and how I could troubleshoot this?









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    I am trying to install Emacs25 package on Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Emacs 24 and Emacs-snapshot (currently Emacs 27.0.50).



    I ran the following commands



    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs 
    sudo apt-get update


    After that I ran



    sudo apt install emacs25


    during which I get this



    user@user-desktop:$ sudo apt install emacs25
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following additional packages will be installed:
    emacs25-common
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    emacs25 emacs25-common
    0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0 B/21.0 MB of archives.
    After this operation, 90.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
    (Reading database ... 298195 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack .../emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
    Unpacking emacs25-common (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
    dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el', which is also in package emacs-snapshot-common 20190326:96618-9a6cba2~ubuntu16.04.1
    dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
    Selecting previously unselected package emacs25.
    Preparing to unpack .../emacs25_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
    Unpacking emacs25 (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
    Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
    Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ...
    Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
    Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
    Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
    Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ...
    Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
    Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


    Could someone tell me what is going on and how I could troubleshoot this?









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      I am trying to install Emacs25 package on Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Emacs 24 and Emacs-snapshot (currently Emacs 27.0.50).



      I ran the following commands



      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs 
      sudo apt-get update


      After that I ran



      sudo apt install emacs25


      during which I get this



      user@user-desktop:$ sudo apt install emacs25
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      The following additional packages will be installed:
      emacs25-common
      The following NEW packages will be installed:
      emacs25 emacs25-common
      0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
      Need to get 0 B/21.0 MB of archives.
      After this operation, 90.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
      Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
      (Reading database ... 298195 files and directories currently installed.)
      Preparing to unpack .../emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
      Unpacking emacs25-common (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
      dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
      trying to overwrite '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el', which is also in package emacs-snapshot-common 20190326:96618-9a6cba2~ubuntu16.04.1
      dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
      Selecting previously unselected package emacs25.
      Preparing to unpack .../emacs25_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
      Unpacking emacs25 (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
      Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
      Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ...
      Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
      Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
      Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
      Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ...
      Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
      Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


      Could someone tell me what is going on and how I could troubleshoot this?









      share














      I am trying to install Emacs25 package on Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Emacs 24 and Emacs-snapshot (currently Emacs 27.0.50).



      I ran the following commands



      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs 
      sudo apt-get update


      After that I ran



      sudo apt install emacs25


      during which I get this



      user@user-desktop:$ sudo apt install emacs25
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      The following additional packages will be installed:
      emacs25-common
      The following NEW packages will be installed:
      emacs25 emacs25-common
      0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.
      Need to get 0 B/21.0 MB of archives.
      After this operation, 90.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
      Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
      (Reading database ... 298195 files and directories currently installed.)
      Preparing to unpack .../emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
      Unpacking emacs25-common (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
      dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
      trying to overwrite '/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el', which is also in package emacs-snapshot-common 20190326:96618-9a6cba2~ubuntu16.04.1
      dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
      Selecting previously unselected package emacs25.
      Preparing to unpack .../emacs25_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
      Unpacking emacs25 (92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
      Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
      Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ...
      Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
      Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
      Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
      Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1.1) ...
      Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
      Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs25-common_92792-c3ff671-emacs-25.2~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


      Could someone tell me what is going on and how I could troubleshoot this?







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