Update manager error

[yzfvie]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

I get the following error when I try to update anything. Please let me know what causes this??

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2009r-0ubuntu9.10_all.deb: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 18 12:49:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1569): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1635): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1623): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (firefox:1866): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_drag_set_icon_pixbuf: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAG_CONTEXT (context)' failed

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Not a Firefox issue, moving to update-manager

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

yzfvie, thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Sorry for the long delay. Is this bug still happening for you?

[yzfvie (yzfvie)]

WeatherGod wrote:
> yzfvie, thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Sorry for the
> long delay. Is this bug still happening for you?
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>
Yes I do.

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

yzfvie, I don't know if this will fix your problem, but it is worth a shot. It is possible that the file in your cache is corrupted some how, so lets clean out your cache with the following command: sudo apt-get clean

Then run the update manager again and see if you have success.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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