package chromium-browser 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so' to '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[Michael Probst]

I have no idea what happened. I had just finished installing ubuntu-mate-core and ubuntu-mate-desktop and restarted and logged back in.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: chromium-browser 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 26 08:35:49 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:chromium-browser:41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076:cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so' to '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so' to '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-26 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so' to '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libcontent.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n'
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Your download was interrupted. Open a terminal, and

$ sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get install -f chromium-browser