~  $  sudo apt-get install emacs
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Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
emacs is already the newest version (46.1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cairo-dock-core cairo-dock-data cairo-dock-plug-ins-data
  cairo-dock-plug-ins-integration gir1.2-gmenu-3.0
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  libbasicplayer-java libbiblesync1.1 libcommons-beanutils-java
  libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-compress-java
  libcommons-configuration-java libcommons-digester-java libdb-java
  libdb-je-java libdb5.3-java libdb5.3-java-jni libetpan17 libgconf2.0-cil
  libgldi3 libgnome-menu-3-0 libgnome-vfs2.0-cil libgnome2.24-cil
  libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-common libicu4j-java
  libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libjlayer-java
  libjline-java libjorbis-java libjspeex-java libjtidy-java liblucene2-java
  libmate-desktop-2-17 libmp3spi-java libsword-common libsword11v5
  libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni libswt-gtk-3-java
  libswt-gtk-3-jni libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni libtritonus-java libtritonus-jni
  libvorbisspi-java libwebkitgtk-1.0-common libwebkitgtk-3.0-common
  libwerken.xpath-java libzeitgeist-2.0-0 mate-desktop-common oneconf
  oneconf-common pluma-common python-attr python-cups python-debtagshw
  python-dirspec python-gtksourceview2 python-oneconf python-pam
  python-pyasn1-modules python-serial python-service-identity
  python-twisted-bin python-twisted-core python-twisted-web
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Setting up dictionaries-common (1.26.3) ...
Install emacsen-common for emacs24
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs24
>>Error occurred processing /etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el: File error (("Opening input file" "no such file or directory" "/etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el"))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
ERROR: install script from emacsen-common package failed
dpkg: error processing package dictionaries-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up emacs24 (24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1) ...
Install emacsen-common for emacs24
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs24
>>Error occurred processing /etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el: File error (("Opening input file" "no such file or directory" "/etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el"))
Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
ERROR: install script from emacsen-common package failed
dpkg: error processing package emacs24 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs:
 emacs depends on emacs24 | emacs24-lucid | emacs24-nox; however:
  Package emacs24 is not configured yet.
  Package emacs24-lucid is not installed.
  Package emacs24-nox is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package emacs (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 dictionaries-common
 emacs24
 emacs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)