package libreoffice-core 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[Goran Miskovic]

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04

 apt-cache policy libreoffice-core
libreoffice-core:
  Installed: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I expected distribution upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 to went nicely and smoothly.

Instead due to problem with libreoffice-core package upgrade failed living my box in highly unstable state. I spent hours repairing it.

From /var/log/apt/history.log
Start-Date: 2013-06-17 14:29:35
Commandline: apt-get -f install
Install: libreoffice-core:amd64 (4.0.2-0ubuntu1, automatic)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2013-06-17 14:29:40

Start-Date: 2013-06-17 14:41:29
Commandline: apt-get -f install
Install: libreoffice-core:amd64 (4.0.2-0ubuntu1, automatic)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2013-06-17 14:41:48

Start-Date: 2013-06-17 14:44:56
Commandline: apt-get -f install
Install: libreoffice-core:amd64 (4.0.2-0ubuntu1, automatic)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2013-06-17 14:45:00

From /var/log/apt/term.log
Log started: 2013-06-17 14:44:56
(Reading database ... 552593 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libreoffice-core (from .../libreoffice-core_1%3a4.0.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: lzma error: compressed data is corrupt
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a4.0.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a4.0.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Log ended: 2013-06-17 14:45:00

It might be that this is not a but actually but somehow cached version of libreoffice-core got corrupted.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 17 14:29:38 2013
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking libreoffice-core (from .../libreoffice-core_1%3a4.0.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
 dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: lzma error: compressed data is corrupt
 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a4.0.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
DuplicateSignature: package:libreoffice-core:1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1:cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-23 (511 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-core 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so' to '/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-06-17 (0 days ago)

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

http://tech.enekochan.com/en/2014/11/01/fix-apt-get-cannot-copy-extracted-data-for-to-unexpected-end-of-file-or-stream/