package w3m-el 1.4.4-10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Kshitiz Paudel]

Using ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Acer Apire 5570-2067

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: w3m-el 1.4.4-10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-57.87-generic-pae 3.2.52
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-57-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
AptOrdering:
 apel: Configure
 w3m-el: Configure
 flim: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 3 22:55:26 2013
DpkgHistoryLog: Start-Date: 2013-12-03 22:55:19
DuplicateSignature: package:w3m-el:1.4.4-10:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: w3m-el
Title: package w3m-el 1.4.4-10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Tatsuya Kinoshita (tats)]

This problem is caused with Emacs >=24, and fixed in
w3m-el 1.4.483+0.20120614-1.

To prevent this problem, use official emacs23 package in
Ubuntu 12.04, instead of unofficial emacs-snapshot package.