Jarrett - I think this has to be something local to your machine or
environment. I am able to perform the steps you've described with no
error. In fact, linux-firmware 1.79.1 has been in the Precise updates
pocket since Sept 8 without anyone else having an update error, myself
included. Therefore
Sounds like a corrupted file in the cache... so clear the cache:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Dave Lentz's suggestions do not work. Same problem.
If you download directly from http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates
/linux-firmware, the package does not tar extract.
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@Jarrett Meyer,
What file are you downloaded that you mentioned in comment #2?
I was able to download and extract:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.79.1.tar.gz
** Tags added: kernel-da-key
** Tags added: precise
** Changed in: linux-firmware
Also, can you post what errors you see when running:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
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This works for me:
wget
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.79.1_all.deb
mkdir junk
dpkg -x linux-firmware_1.79.1_all.deb junk
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First answer: The file I am attempting to download directly is
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-
firmware_1.79.1.tar.gz. This file produces the error above when
attempting to untar the file.
Second answer: The download never completes when using apt-get install
