Sorry you're having difficulties, but this is not a bug in Ubuntu; by removing tar you've corrupted your install. You may want to consult one of the available user forums for help in recovering your system.
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348036 Title: package base-files 6.5ubuntu6.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I had deleted /bin/tar file by mistake. so to reinstall it.. I tried following command.. -------------------------------------------- # apt-get install --reinstall tar which results in following output... ------------------------------------------------ Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 512 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/218 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. tar: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.17' not found (required by tar) dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tar_1.26-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/tar_1.26-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: base-files 6.5ubuntu6.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-51.77-generic 3.2.48 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-51-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jul 24 10:38:27 2014 Dependencies: DpkgTerminalLog: tar: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.17' not found (required by tar) dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_6.5ubuntu6.7_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 DuplicateSignature: package:base-files:6.5ubuntu6.5:subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: base-files Title: package base-files 6.5ubuntu6.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1348036/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp