AptGetTrouble

APT is the system that Ubuntu uses to download and install programs.

package xxxxxxxxxxxxx failed to install/upgrade

Sometimes, APT thinks it has downloaded a package and then discovers it's shorter than expected or broken. This can happen when the connection to the internet is severed or by a disk fault or other problems. It's not something you should see often. Most people never see it.

The full message is usually, package packagename versionnumber failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for filename to filename: unexpected end of file or stream.

The fix is not difficult, but involves opening the Terminal program and typing

sudo apt-get clean

and pressing Enter. Then exit if it didn't complain. That will remove the incomplete file and you should then be able to try upgrading or installing again.

AptGetTrouble (last edited 2015-03-04 19:35:12 by me05536d0)