Installation requiered a complete uninstall using the synaptic package manager. I suspect the installation of the nvidia-glx driver had something to do with the problem; I did not reboot after installing that one before I began updating the system. But all is good now.
-- package sun-java6-bin None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java6-bin.list] failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs