package icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

[VladimirCZ]

Daily update of ubuntu 11.04 64-bit on 18-6-2011.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm: Install
 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 18 11:11:50 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-09 (69 days ago)

[VladimirCZ (vlabla)]

I have deleted the downloaded package icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b22-1.10.1-0ubuntu1 from cache (by means of Ubuntu Tweak), then installed it via Synaptic PM and it worked.

How can a broken package be downloaded?

[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.]