Comment 4 for bug 573324

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Rich Reusser (richreusser) wrote : Re: [Bug 573324] Re: installing upgrade to 10.4 LTS one app failed to install and it opened this bug report

On 05/02/2010 02:32 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote:
> Thanks for the files
>
> The relevant error is
> ---
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-base-core ...
> lzma: Decoder error
> dpkg-deb: subprocess<decompress> returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-base-core_1%3a3.2.0-7ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
> short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libdbali.so')
> No apport report written because the error message indicates a dpkg I/O error
>
> It seems that there was an error caused by a corrupted archive or a
> faulty media. Please execute the following commands, as it will clear
> your package cache, in a terminal ( Applications -> Accessories ->
> Terminal ) :
>
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue. If so please set the bug's status to Invalid. If it doesn't then please run a filesystem check.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
I'm still feeling my way around with Linux.

When you say "try performing the update again" do you mean the whole of
Kubuntu 10.4 LTS? or just the Open Office application?

If you mean the whole of Kubuntu, I don't know how to force that to run
again.

Thanks,

Rich