gnome-settings-daemon update fails

[Don Levin]

ubuntu 11.10 on a home-made desktop. Update Mgr shows gnome-settings-daemon and "Available version: 3.2.2-0ubuntu2.1".
Hit Update, see messages flash by, and pop-up box saying operation failed with details: nstallArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
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(Reading database ... 189264 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to replace gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.2-0ubuntu2 (using .../gnome-settings-daemon_3.2.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement gnome-settings-daemon ...

dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:0>: data error'

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-settings-daemon_3.2.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system
Processing triggers for gconf2 ...

Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 ...

Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0 ...

Processing triggers for man-db ...

Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-settings-daemon_3.2.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

I created a new user, rebooted into new user, but still get same Update failure. Please help!

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

This usually means your local copy of the .deb is corrupt. Try deleting it and then do the upgrade again:

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-settings-daemon_3.2.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing

[Don Levin (don-m-levin)]

I performed the commands Dave suggested, rebooted, ran Update Manager, and the errors and lingering gnome-settings-daemon update are gone. I assume problem SOLVED. Ubuntu has an awesome community, with members like Dave Lentz. Have happy holidays Dave, and thanks!

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

You're welcome. If the issue occurs again, I recommend running memtest.