Comment 4 for bug 297030

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Sree (sreekanth27) wrote : Re: [Bug 297030] Re: package openjdk-6-jre-headless None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jre-headless.list] failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

hello Marlon,

Here you go:

sree@ubuntu:~$ su
Password:
root@ubuntu:/home/sree# sudo apt-get install esound
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  default-jre: Depends: openjdk-6-jre (>= 6b11) but it is not going to be
installed
  pulseaudio-esound-compat: Conflicts: esound
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify
a solution).
root@ubuntu:/home/sree# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  openjdk-6-jre
Suggested packages:
  icedtea6-plugin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openjdk-6-jre
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/230kB of archives.
After this operation, 758kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
E: Invalid archive signature
E: Prior errors apply to
/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre_6b12-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor
dpkg-deb: `/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre_6b12-0ubuntu6_i386.deb' is
not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre_6b12-0ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre_6b12-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@ubuntu:/home/sree#

regards,
Sree

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Sreekanth Jayaprakash <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Hello Marlon,
>
> thank you for your quick email. The java error does not seem to be going.
>
> I was trying to run some test for no sound and I had to update some
> programs. When I ran the update that's when I got this error.
>
> Let me send you the capture once again.
>
> regards
> sree
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Marlon Cisternas Milla <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
>> Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description
>> didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How
>> to report bugs effectively"
>> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/bugs.html>.
>> We'd be grateful
>> if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.
>>
>> We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at
>> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures
>>
>> At a minimum, we need:
>> 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the
>> problem,
>> 2. the behavior you expected, and
>> 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ** Changed in: ubuntu
>> Status: New => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> package openjdk-6-jre-headless None [modified:
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jre-headless.list] failed to install/upgrade:
>> corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297030
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> *
>>
>> ProblemType: Package
>> Architecture: i386
>> Dependencies:
>>
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>> ErrorMessage: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
>> Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless None [modified:
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jre-headless.list]
>> SourcePackage: openjdk-6
>> Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless None [modified:
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jre-headless.list] failed to install/upgrade:
>> corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sreekanth Jayaprakash
>

--
Sreekanth Jayaprakash