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package vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #647445 reported by petrov.dimitar on 2010-09-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

I got a "corrupted file" or similar during dist-upgrade.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.65-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 25 14:35:24 2010
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: package vlc-nox is already installed and configured
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:

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petrov.dimitar (petrov-dimitar) wrote on 2010-09-25:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (7.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (60.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (537 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (13.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz Edit (468.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (64.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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petrov.dimitar (petrov-dimitar) wrote on 2010-09-25:

After reboot I ran the Update manager, it said that I have two broken packages on my system and suggests that I should use the "Broken" filter to locate them. It tried to install vlc-nox as an important security update, but failed:

(Reading database ... 191666 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2 (using .../vlc-nox_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vlc-nox ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-nox_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-nox_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-pulse:
vlc-plugin-pulse depends on vlc-nox (= 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2); however:
Version of vlc-nox on system is 1.0.2-1ubuntu2.
dpkg: error processing vlc-plugin-pulse (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc:
vlc depends on vlc-nox (= 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2); however:
Version of vlc-nox on system is 1.0.2-1ubuntu2.
dpkg: error processing vlc (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
vlc-plugin-pulse
vlc

An error occurred
The following details are provided:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-nox_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

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petrov.dimitar (petrov-dimitar) wrote on 2010-09-25:

Fixed this by executing sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-nox_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
and running updater again.
The source of the problem remains unknown.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-20:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.