Totem-common failed on upgrade to fresh Ubuntu 11.10 install

[Kevin A. Newman]

The following is a report from the installer:
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(Reading database ... 165736 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to replace totem-common 3.0.1-0ubuntu5 (using .../totem-common_3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1_all.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement totem-common ...

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/totem-common_3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1_all.deb (--unpack):

 corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

Processing triggers for man-db ...

Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /var/cache/apt/archives/totem-common_3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1_all.deb

Error in function:

SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem:

 totem depends on totem-common (= 3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1); however:

  Version of totem-common on system is 3.0.1-0ubuntu5.

dpkg: error processing totem (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-mozilla:

 totem-mozilla depends on totem (= 3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1); however:

  Package totem is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing totem-mozilla (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-plugins:

 totem-plugins depends on totem (= 3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1); however:

  Package totem is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing totem-plugins (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Errors were encountered while processing:

 totem

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: totem 3.0.1-0ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 28 22:53:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[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 not resolve your bug please set its status back to New. Thanks in advance!