package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

[sampod]

Binary package hint: samba

Failed during normal upgrade process.

Aptitude gives following output:
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nnn@nnn:~$ sudo aptitude upgrade
[sudo] password for nnn:
W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libsmbclient samba-common winbind
3 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6,417kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/winbind_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 17:47:39 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: samba
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error caused by a corrupted archive. Please execute the following commands, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal ( Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal ) :

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

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!

[sampod (samih)]

Thanks. This solved the problem.

[psytrox (psytrox)]

I have this issue, and nothing has solved it, including this suggestion.

[psytrox (psytrox)]

Sorry, mine is not exactly the same. Here is the output:

laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install samba
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  openbsd-inetd inet-superserver ldb-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  samba
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6,241kB of archives.
After this operation, 17.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package samba.
(Reading database ... 50%
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `samba-common' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 75%
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `samba-common-bin' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 146874 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking samba (from .../samba_2%3a3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ufw ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up samba (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3 to provide /usr/bin/smbstatus (smbstatus) in auto mode.
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
dpkg: error processing samba (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

@psytrox: your issue is different, you have a stale lock in /var/lib/dpkg/lock, preventing you to run any install.