package kdelibs5-data 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Susan MacDonald]

I don't understand why my system can't install this. I get similar problems with scripts and other libs.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: kdelibs5-data 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 14 13:34:16 2011
ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: kde4libs
Title: package kdelibs5-data 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there!

It appears that somehow the package you were trying to install was corrupted during download.. We cannot fix this from our end, but since this is probably a quite serious problem for you we are turning this report into a support ticket so that you can get the help you need.

As a suggestion, you could try removing the package (sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs5-data_4%3a4.5.1-0ubuntu8.1_all.deb) and re-upgrading. If this is happening to multiple packages, running "sudo apt-get clean" will clear all of them.

Thanks for your patience and understanding