We are still encountering this problem with natty and oneiric. With natty packages larger than 2GB can not be installed because of a size mismatch:
The following NEW packages will be installed: matlab 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2172 MB of archives. After unpacking 4479 MB will be used. Get:1 http://example.com/ubuntu/site/ natty/all matlab amd64 7.13-1-4 [2172 MB] Fetched 18.4 EB in 1min 32s (200 PB/s) W: Bizarre Error - File size is not what the server reported 2171943158 18446744071586527478 E: Failed to fetch http://example.com/ubuntu/site/dists/natty/all/binary-amd64/matlab/matlab_7.13-1-4_amd64.deb: Size mismatch With oneiric packages larger than 2GB can be installed but you get several error and warning messages: The following NEW packages will be installed: matlab 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2172 MB of archives. After unpacking 4479 MB will be used. Get: 1 http://example.com/ubuntu/site/ oneiric/all matlab amd64 7.13-1-4 [2172 MB] Fetched 2172 MB in 1min 10s (30.8 MB/s) E: Unable to seek ahead 2168965456 E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/matlab_7.13-1-4_amd64.deb debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Illegal seek Selecting previously deselected package matlab. (Reading database ... 278578 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking matlab (from .../matlab_7.13-1-4_amd64.deb) ... Setting up matlab (7.13-1-4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place W: Size of file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/matlab_7.13-1-4_amd64.deb is not what the server reported 2171943158 18446744071586527478 W: Size of file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/matlab_7.13-1-4_amd64.deb is not what the server reported 2171943158 18446744071586527478 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250909 Title: Apt-get does not support packages of 2.5 gig... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/250909/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
