root@wabisabi:~# apt-get install emacs 2>&1 | tee get_emacs_.log
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package emacs 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' has no installation candidate
root@wabisabi:~# apt-get install emacs24 2>&1 | tee get_emacs_.log
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 emacs24-lucid : Depends: emacs24-bin-common (= 24.3+1-2ubuntu1) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libgif4 (>= 4.1.4) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libm17n-0 (>= 1.6.1) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libmagickcore5 (>= 8:6.7.7.10) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libmagickwand5 (>= 8:6.7.7.10) but it is not installable
                 Depends: libotf0 (>= 0.9.11) but it is not installable
                 Depends: xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@wabisabi:~#