package capplets-data 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

[Viktor Kojouharov]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Doing an update in karmic resulted in this error.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 22 10:48:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package capplets-data is already installed and configured
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: capplets-data 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Title: package capplets-data 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue seems a dpkg one "short read in buffer_copy"

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!