package ubuntu-docs 14.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png' to '/usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[ubername]

installing updates after not booting the machine for several years

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 14.04.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-132.181-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-132-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 9 19:04:49 2017
DuplicateSignature: package:ubuntu-docs:14.04.5:cannot copy extracted data for './usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png' to '/usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png' to '/usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (2187 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
Title: package ubuntu-docs 14.04.5 failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png' to '/usr/share/help/C/ubuntu-help/figures/color-camera.png.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-31 (1227 days ago)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

This sounds like a temporary glitch. Try this command:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-docs

and let us know if it helped.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]