sudo apt-get clean, update, upgrade completed without error. Thank you for your assistance.
BTW, I checked other error messages, and found that the firefox package file /usr/share/doc/firefox-locale-en/copyright was correct. I could discern no reason for that small error. On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Brian Murray <br...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when > trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following > command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal: > > sudo apt-get clean > > Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your > issue, but the failure can be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. > So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. If > this does not resolve your bug please set its status back to New. > Thanks in advance! > > ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Tags added: corrupted-package > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772057 > > Title: > Upgrade to ubuntu18.04 failed > > Status in apt package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Could not install '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Wboy1K/148-firefox-locale- > en_60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb' > > The upgrade will continue but the '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Wboy1K/148 > -firefox-locale-en_60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb' package > may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report > about it. > > cannot copy extracted data for './usr/share/doc/firefox-locale- > en/copyright' to '/usr/share/doc/firefox-locale-en/copyright.dpkg- > new': unexpected end of file or stream > > > upgrading from 17.10 > > rjw@rjw-MS-7721:~$ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS > Release: 18.04 > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: apt 1.6.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46-generic 4.13.16 > Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Fri May 18 11:32:07 2018 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-17 (243 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) > SourcePackage: apt > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-18 (0 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1772057/+subscriptions > -- Ralph Winslow rjwins...@rjwinslow.com ---------------------------- Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772057 Title: Upgrade to ubuntu18.04 failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1772057/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
