emacs24-common software package provides GNU Emacs editors shared, architecture independent infrastructure, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install emacs24-common
emacs24-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the emacs24-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep emacs24-common *
You will get with emacs24-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Editors |
| Package | emacs24-common |
| Version | 24.3+1-2ubuntu1 |
| Description | GNU Emacs editors shared, architecture independent infrastructure |
| Sub Section | Editors |