Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ... dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:4>: data error'

[AG Restringere]

Attempted to upgrade a system at work and got these errors...

clerk@Fitzgerald:~$ sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 266563 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 (using .../libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:4>: data error'
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb (--install):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb
clerk@Fitzgerald:~$ ubuntu-bug libc6-dev

When I run synaptic I get the follow error:
E: Internal Error, No file name for libc6

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libc6-dev 2.15-0ubuntu10.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 29 14:20:51 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eglibc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-01-18 (11 days ago)

[AG Restringere (ag-restringere-deactivatedaccount)]

Updated comment:

clerk@Fitzgerald:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 266563 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 (using .../libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
 libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.4); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
 libc6-dev depends on libc-dev-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.4); however:
  Package libc-dev-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6-dev

[AG Restringere (ag-restringere-deactivatedaccount)]

clerk@Fitzgerald:/usr/share/doc/libc6$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libc6 libc6-dev
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6 libc6-dev
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 7,597 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,192 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main libc6-dev amd64 2.15-0ubuntu10.4 [2,945 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main libc6 amd64 2.15-0ubuntu10.4 [4,653 kB]
Fetched 7,597 kB in 2s (2,849 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 266563 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.2 (using .../libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) ...
Setting up libc-dev-bin (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
 libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.2); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.4.
 libc6-dev depends on libc-dev-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.2); however:
  Version of libc-dev-bin on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.4.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Setting up libc6:i386 (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) ...
Setting up libc6-i386 (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) ...
Setting up lib32asound2 (1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6-dev
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)