package update-manager-core 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: sistema de ficheros del archivo tar dañado - archivo de paquete dañado

[Lucas Vieites]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

After clean install on Ubuntu 8.10 on AMD x64 machine synaptic continuously throws corrupted tar file errors. After trying to update "update-manager" this happens:

Synaptic output window:
=======================================

Preparando para reemplazar update-manager 1:0.93.32 (usando .../update-manager_1%3a0.93.34_all.deb) ...

(gconftool-2:11776): GConf-CRITICAL **: Failed to load file "/var/lib/gconf/defaults/%gconf-tree-ne.xml": Error on line 6095 char 125: Invalid UTF-8 encoded text - not valid '? &quot;????????? ?????????? &quot; ???????? ????? ????????? ??????? ?</longdesc>
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                </dir>
                                <dir name="interface">
                                        <entry name="show_unicode_menu">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="&apos;??????? ????????? ??????????&apos; ???? ?????????????">
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="show_input_method_menu">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="&apos;??? ????&apos; ???? ???????????">
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="menubar_accel">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="????????? ????????">
                                                        <longdesc>????????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ?</longdesc>
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="file_chooser_backend">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="GtkFileChooser ?? ???? ???????">
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="status_bar_meter_on_right">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="????? ???? ??????????? ?????">
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="use_custom_font">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="?????? ???? ?????? ?????????">
                                                        <longdesc>gtk+??????????? ?????? ???? ?????? ????? ?? ?????? ?</longdesc>
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="monospace_font_name">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="????????? ????">
                                                        <longdesc>??????? ????? ??????? ?????? ????? ????????? (?????-?????) ???? ?????? ??? ?</longdesc>
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="document_font_name">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="?????? ????">
                                                </local_schema>
                                        </entry>
                                        <entry name="gtk-im-status-style">
                                                <local_schema short_desc="GTK IM ??????????? ????">
                                                        <longdesc>gtk+ ?? ?????? ????? GTK+??? ???? ??????'
Desempaquetando el reemplazo de update-manager ...
Preparando para reemplazar update-manager-core 1:0.93.32 (usando .../update-manager-core_1%3a0.93.34_amd64.deb) ...
Desempaquetando el reemplazo de update-manager-core ...
dpkg: error al procesar /var/cache/apt/archives/update-manager-core_1%3a0.93.34_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 sistema de ficheros del archivo tar dañado - archivo de paquete dañado
dpkg-deb: el subproceso paste fue terminado por la señal (Tubería rota)
Procesando activadores para man-db ...
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/update-manager-core_1%3a0.93.34_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
No se ha podido instalar un paquete. Intentando recuperarse:
dpkg: problemas de dependencias impiden la configuración de update-manager:
 update-manager depende de update-manager-core (= 1:0.93.34); sin embargo:
  La versión de `update-manager-core' en el sistema es 1:0.93.32.
dpkg: error al procesar update-manager (--configure):
 problemas de dependencias - se deja sin configurar
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 update-manager

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: sistema de ficheros del archivo tar dañado - archivo de paquete dañado
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.93.32
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager-core 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: sistema de ficheros del archivo tar dañado - archivo de paquete dañado
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

This looks like a corrupted archive. Could you please run the following commands and report if it helps:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall update-manager

Thanks

[Lucas Vieites (lucasvieites)]

Thank for the reply.
I just tried this but I keep getting bzip2 integrity errors, for example, when doing "sudo apt-get update" I get this:

[...]
Obj http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Des:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages [1254kB]
23% [1 Translation-es bzip2 958464] [2 Packages 1174/1254kB 0%]
bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
 Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-es
76% [Trabajando]
bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
 Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.
[...]

and so on...
I've tried to change the repository I'm downloading from but I get the same errors (even the "Reload" option in synaptic throws errors)
I'm starting to think it's a network card failure because my other PC (intel core duo) is working fine.

[Lucas Vieites (lucasvieites)]

I don't think it's the network card because if I download a package (either from Firefox or with wget) from the ubuntu repositories (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/...) and then install it with dpkg -i all goes well.
The only difference is that when I do this I save the file on my /home partition (ext3, partitioned and formatted with the i386 install CD), and my current / partition was formatted with the amd64 install CD.
Could this have anything to to with it??
Thanks in advance