Found a fix,, thanks to http://www.namazu.org/pipermail/namazu-users- en/2013-June/000409.html.
change the first line of /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/namazu/namazu.el to: ;;; namazu.el --- Support for Namazu. -*- coding: iso-2022-jp-unix; -*- and the first line of /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/namazu/gnus-nmz-1.el to: ;;; gnus-nmz-1.el --- interface between Namazu and Gnus. -*- coding: iso-2022-jp-unix; -*- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1195621 Title: install error with emacs-snapshot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/namazu2/+bug/1195621/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs