package mplayer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: defektes Tar-Dateisystem - Paketarchiv ist defekt

[devil188]

Binary package hint: mplayer

Sometime the .tar files make problems!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mplayer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 mplayer: Install
 mplayer: Configure
 gnome-mplayer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 15 13:22:13 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Entpacken von mplayer (aus .../mplayer_2%3a1.0~rc4.dfsg1-1ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
 dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/mplayer_2%3a1.0~rc4.dfsg1-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
  defektes Tar-Dateisystem - Paketarchiv ist defekt
ErrorMessage: defektes Tar-Dateisystem - Paketarchiv ist defekt
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
SourcePackage: mplayer
Title: package mplayer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: defektes Tar-Dateisystem - Paketarchiv ist defekt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

hard to say after such a long time but most likely the package was corrupted in transit or storage and nothing was wrong with the original package. It's a moot point now with Natty EOL.