kitchen converge failed on ubuntu 18.04

Question

When I run "kitchen converge" kitchen I can't install chef and the following output comes out

    Installing chef
       installing with dpkg...
(Reading database ... 42662 files and directories currently installed.)
           Preparing to unpack .../cache/chef_16.1.16-1_amd64.deb ...
           Unpacking chef (16.1.16-1) ...
           dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: lzma error: compressed data is corrupt
           dpkg-deb: error: <decompress> subprocess returned error exit status 2
           dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/omnibus/cache/chef_16.1.16-1_amd64.deb (--install):
            cannot copy extracted data for './opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/2.7.0/x86_64-linux/openssl.so' to '/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/2.7.0/x86_64-linux/openssl.so.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
           Errors were encountered while processing:
            /tmp/omnibus/cache/chef_16.1.16-1_amd64.deb
           Installation failed
           Version:

this is my kitchen file

---
driver:
  name: vagrant

provisioner:
  name: chef_zero

  always_update_cookbooks: false


verifier:
  name: inspec

platforms:
  - name: ubuntu-18.04


suites:
  - name: default
    run_list:
      - recipe[java::default]
    verifier:

    attributes:

but the installation works if I put platform ubuntu 14.04. Some idea? I am working on windows 10 home

Answer 1

i have no issue with ubuntu/bionic64 version 20200604.0.0.

i suggest you to update the vagrant box that you are using. you can do that by listing the boxes

vagrant box list

then note the name of the box that you like to update, for instance ubuntu/bionic64, and update it

vagrant box update --box ubuntu/bionic64

once done, try kitchen converge again.

if you wish to use a different vagrant box (i use ubuntu official box), modify your kitchen file as follows

driver:
  box: 'ubuntu/bionic64'

Answer 2

The same this happened to me while I was working out of Ghana. It seems to be a problem with poor internet download of chef_16.1.16-1_amd64.deb (found out checksum fails).

The solution is to download the file manually (most likely with a download manager) and then copy it into

~/.kitchen/cache/

overwrite if the file already exists and run

kitchen converge

This should fix the issue.