package tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package tar is already installed and configured

[Federica Vendrame]

it does not allow me to install java

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.14.0-1055.62-oem 5.14.21
Uname: Linux 5.14.0-1055-oem x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashReports:
 600:0:121:111420:2023-03-17 18:36:13.833034038 +0100:2023-03-17 18:36:14.833034038 +0100:/var/crash/tar.0.crash
 600:0:121:110679:2023-03-17 18:36:14.729041655 +0100:2023-03-17 18:36:14.717042529 +0100:/var/crash/base-files.0.crash
 600:0:121:112194:2023-03-17 18:36:14.937026521 +0100:2023-03-17 18:36:14.929027103 +0100:/var/crash/libpam0g:amd64.0.crash
Date: Fri Mar 17 18:36:14 2023
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-focal-amd64-20200502-85
ErrorMessage: package tar is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-11 (249 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20200502-05:58
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
 apt 2.0.9
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package tar is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Hello,

Thanks for your bug report

The Dpkg error is

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 loading files list file for package 'kpartx-boot': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/kpartx-boot.list (Input/output error)

and the kernel says

[14043.928764] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 47260520 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[14044.030575] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 47260520 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0

This tells me that this is not a software bug, but your SSD is starting to fail. Consider backing up your data and purchase a replacement.