package libglib2.0-0 2.29.16-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: './usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz' is different from the same file on the system

[David Marín]

Error upgrading to Oneiric Alpha 3 from Natty

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libglib2.0-0 2.29.16-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 23 13:43:24 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: './usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz' is different from the same file on the system
SourcePackage: glib2.0
Title: package libglib2.0-0 2.29.16-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: './usr/share/doc/libglib2.0-0/changelog.Debian.gz' is different from the same file on the system
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-23 (0 days ago)

[Christian Schürer-Waldheim (quincunx)]

According to Steve Langasek's comment #12 in Bug #835625, this error message is caused by a corrupt file. It can be solved by running:

apt-get install --reinstall libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-0:i386