package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Douglas Leeder]

Just installing updates.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy openjdk-6-jre-headless
openjdk-6-jre-headless:
  Installed: 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 6b18-1.8-4ubuntu3
  Version table:
     6b18-1.8-4ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Packages
 *** 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
$

Expected package to install.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 20 21:56:21 2010
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

this not a problem with openjdk-6. Please remove the corrupt file (apt-cache clean) and reinstall