Public bug reported: I wanted to install kubuntu by installing kubuntu plasma Desktop and got a failure by the dolphin package. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: dolphin Suggested packages: kdesdk-dolphin-plugins ruby The following NEW packages will be installed: dolphin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 83 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/611 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,991 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y (Reading database ... 189723 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dolphin (from .../dolphin_4%3a4.6.5-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed to read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error xz: (stdin): Unexpected end of input dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dolphin_4%3a4.6.5-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libdolphinprivate.so.4.6.0' Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dolphin_4%3a4.6.5-0ubuntu1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: dolphin (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 23 21:04:51 2011 ErrorMessage: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libdolphinprivate.so.4.6.0' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: kdebase Title: package dolphin (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libdolphinprivate.so.4.6.0' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908238 Title: package dolphin (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/libdolphinprivate.so.4.6.0' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/908238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs