package linux-firmware 1.138 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[Chris Fitzhenry]

i have no idea what happened, really - i was doing an upgrade in command prompt, and Apport popped up with this

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: linux-firmware 1.138
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 8 00:43:58 2015
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:linux-firmware:1.138:cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.138 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin' to '/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue, but the failure could be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. Thanks in advance!

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