dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure): dependency problems - le

[ravc2]

cant download and install any software as I get below message


installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 661613 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.8.0-30 (from .../linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: internal gzip read error: '<fd:4>: invalid code lengths set'
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic:
linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic depends on linux-headers-3.8.0-30; however:
Package linux-headers-3.8.0-30 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic; however:
Package linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic-pae:
linux-headers-generic-pae depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however:
Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic-pae (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however:
Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae:
linux-generic-pae depends on linux-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however:
Package linux-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[bluefrog]

looks like not enough disk space left to me.

try to free some space in /

can get rid of the .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives/ to begin with

[Jonathan Precise]

cant download and install any software as I get below message

installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... 661613 files and directories currently installed.) 
Unpacking linux-headers-3.8.0-30 (from .../linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb) ... 
dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: internal gzip read error: '<fd:4>: invalid code lengths set' 
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2 
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb (--unpack): 
 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2 
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing: 
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.8.0-30_3.8.0-30.44_all.deb 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic: 
 linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic depends on linux-headers-3.8.0-30; however: 
  Package linux-headers-3.8.0-30 is not installed. 
 
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic: 
 linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic; however: 
  Package linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic-pae: 
 linux-headers-generic-pae depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however: 
  Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic-pae (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic: 
 linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however: 
  Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae: 
 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-generic (= 3.8.0.30.48); however: 
  Package linux-generic is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Try:

sudo apt-get -f install linux-headers-3.8.0-30
sudo apt-get --silent update
sudo dpkg --configure -a

That should fix it.

[ibjsb4]

And I am thinking a system cleaning may help if that didn't work. Open a terminal and enter (one line at a time):

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/list/partial
sudo apt-get update