dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs23-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs24-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs-snapshot-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs23-common-non-dfsg' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacsen-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs24-bin-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs24-common-non-dfsg' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'emacs23-bin-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 367407 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing emacs24 (24.3+1-2ubuntu1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs24.prerm: 16: /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs24.prerm: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-remove: not found
dpkg: error processing package emacs24 (--purge):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs24-x to provide /usr/bin/emacs (emacs) in auto mode
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/emacs.emacs24.1.gz (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emacs.svg because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emacs24.svg (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/emacs-document.svg because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/emacs24-document.svg (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/emacs.png because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/emacs24.png (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/emacs.png because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/emacs24.png (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/emacs.png because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/emacs24.png (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs.png because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs24.png (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/emacs.png because associated file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/emacs24.png (of link group emacs) doesn't exist
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)