package linux-firmware 1.127.8 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[andradx]

I got this message while doing an apt-get dist-upgrade on my system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.127.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 16 08:23:36 2014
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:linux-firmware:1.127.8:cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.127.8 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

It appears the .deb file is corrupt.

You may need to run the following:

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Then re-install the package.

If that does not resolve your issue, please mark the bug as "Confirmed"

[andradx (oandrad)]

It solved my problem.

I usually do upgrades via apt-fast and the .deb got corrupted in the process it seems. Do I need to mark the bug to solved?