Comment 14 for bug 773172

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evalckea (evalckea) wrote : Re: [Bug 773172] Re: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

Really the apt-get help mi to correct the problem, after this it has
installed without any problem.

2013/4/6 Majal Abe Mirasol <email address hidden>

> If a package is broken, usually due to internet connection/download
> problems, I would usually delete the problematic package, eg:
>
> sudo rm /VAR/CACHE/APT/ARCHIVES/PYTHON-QT4_4.8.3-2_AMD64.DEB
>
> after that, running:
>
> sudo apt-get -f install
> or
> reinstalling the program by command line
>
> would solve the problem where apt-get would download a new copy of the
> package.
>
> What I would like to suggest is that, during problems like these
> (damaged packages, error returns), apt-get could be set to first check
> the integrity (checksum/signature) of the problematic package, comparing
> it to the online signature, and if it is found to be different, a new
> copy could be automatically downloaded from the repos and installed.
> Just a suggestion, but I totally don't know the security/other concerns
> surrounding that implementation.
>
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