Error while installing emacs23 from Software Center

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Published on 2012-09-14T21:32:48Z Indexed on 2012/09/14 21:48 UTC
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Trying to install emacs in Software Center Ubuntu 12.04 got this error.

installArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package emacs23.
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Unpacking emacs23 (from .../emacs23_23.3+1-1ubuntu9_i386.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 man-db ...
Setting up emacs23 (23.3+1-1ubuntu9) ...
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
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/site-lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/leim' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/leim' does not exist.
Error: charsets directory (/usr/share/emacs/23.3/etc/charsets) does not exist.
Emacs will not function correctly without the character map files.
Please check your installation!
Warning: Could not find simple.el nor simple.elc
Cannot open load file: bytecomp
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/dictionaries-common emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 3.
dpkg: error processing emacs23 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacs23
Error in function: 
Setting up emacs23 (23.3+1-1ubuntu9) ...
emacs-install emacs23
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs23
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/site-lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/leim' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp' does not exist.
Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/23.3/leim' does not exist.
Error: charsets directory (/usr/share/emacs/23.3/etc/charsets) does not exist.
Emacs will not function correctly without the character map files.
Please check your installation!
Warning: Could not find simple.el nor simple.elc
Cannot open load file: bytecomp
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/dictionaries-common emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 3.
dpkg: error processing emacs23 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

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