package openjdk-6-jre-headless (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

[BJ Burbach]

package system broken on install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 28 14:47:38 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking openjdk-6-jre-headless (from .../openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
 dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:0>: data error'
 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (0 days ago)

[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, but the failure can be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. If this does resolve your bug please set its status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]