emacs23-bin-common software package provides The GNU Emacs editors shared, architecture dependent files, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install emacs23-bin-common
emacs23-bin-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the emacs23-bin-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep emacs23-bin-common *
You will get with emacs23-bin-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Editors |
| Package | emacs23-bin-common |
| Version | 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [amd64, i386 |
| Description | The GNU Emacs editors shared, architecture dependent files |
| Sub Section | Editors |