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package operation failed

Asked by shawn michael

This one seems less important but I was trying to install a game from the software centre and I received the "Package Operation Failed" message with the following details:

installArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package ttf-wqy-zenhei.
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(Reading database ... 147951 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ttf-wqy-zenhei (from .../ttf-wqy-zenhei_0.8.38-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libboost-iostreams1.40.0.
Unpacking libboost-iostreams1.40.0 (from .../libboost-iostreams1.40.0_1.40.0-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libboost-regex1.40.0.
Unpacking libboost-regex1.40.0 (from .../libboost-regex1.40.0_1.40.0-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmikmod2.
Unpacking libmikmod2 (from .../libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6.1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl-image1.2.
Unpacking libsdl-image1.2 (from .../libsdl-image1.2_1.2.10-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsmpeg0.
Unpacking libsmpeg0 (from .../libsmpeg0_0.4.5+cvs20030824-2.2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl-mixer1.2.
Unpacking libsdl-mixer1.2 (from .../libsdl-mixer1.2_1.2.8-6build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl-net1.2.
Unpacking libsdl-net1.2 (from .../libsdl-net1.2_1.2.7-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl-ttf2.0-0.
Unpacking libsdl-ttf2.0-0 (from .../libsdl-ttf2.0-0_2.0.9-1build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-dejavu.
Unpacking ttf-dejavu (from .../ttf-dejavu_2.30-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-data.
Unpacking wesnoth-data (from .../wesnoth-data_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-core.
Unpacking wesnoth-core (from .../wesnoth-core_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-aoi.
Unpacking wesnoth-aoi (from .../wesnoth-aoi_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-did.
Unpacking wesnoth-did (from .../wesnoth-did_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-ei.
Unpacking wesnoth-ei (from .../wesnoth-ei_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-httt.
Unpacking wesnoth-httt (from .../wesnoth-httt_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-l.
Unpacking wesnoth-l (from .../wesnoth-l_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-low.
Unpacking wesnoth-low (from .../wesnoth-low_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-music.
Unpacking wesnoth-music (from .../wesnoth-music_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/wesnoth-music_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb (--unpack):
 short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/games/wesnoth/data/core/music/heroes_rite.ogg')
No apport report written because the error message indicates a dpkg I/O error
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-nr.
Unpacking wesnoth-nr (from .../wesnoth-nr_1%3a1.6.5-1build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wesnoth-sof.

Guess there is no real mystery what I was trying to install...

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Please execute the instructions in steps 1 to 6 in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure with the only exception that in step 6 you should not create a new question, but should continue to use this current question document for pasting the output.

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shawn michael (artbarslut) said : 		#2

When I opened the update manager and switched to the main server my computer wanted to update but froze. I restarted and the update manager said it wanted to do a partial update which I allowed. It repeatedly mentioned "wesnoth" and finished successfully updating. I was then able too finish the install for "Battle For Wesnoth".

Do you still want me to follow the rest of the steps and send you the terminal results or is this result sufficient?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

If you open a terminal and issue the commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

this should confirm or disprove if your package management system is healthy
again.
Providing the output of these two commands should be enough for the time
being.

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