Root Package file invalid?

[ducky1979]

Tried updating my apps yet everyone I download comes up with this error. Has anyone else had this and does anyone know how to fix it?

 

[Usta]

No problems here, just updated some apps (I do them manually).
Any recent changes you made or apps installed?

By the way, your sig says you are on Redux, but your Phone detail under your Avatar says you are on MIUI...

 

[ducky1979]

No problems here, just updated some apps (I do them manually).
Any recent changes you made or apps installed?

By the way, your sig says you are on Redux, but your Phone detail under your Avatar says you are on MIUI...

Cheers, I managed to sort it by updating to 29. And I know my Rom info us all over the place, I forgot to change my Sig, and I only really get chance to go in the forum using the app.

 

[mike2805]

I have the same problem with the error message "package file is invalid". I only get this error when I am trying to download my own apps which I made with Adobe Dreamweaver and phonegap.

 

[TnIan]

This may or may not be relevant to your situation, but here's what the deal was with mine. I have CyanogenMod 7.1 installed, which puts dalvik-cache in the /cache partition instead of /data.

When you install apps from the Market, it downloads the .apk to /cache/downloads and installs it from there. If you don't have enough room in /cache/dalvik-cache for the installer to put the necessary files there, the install fails with a "package file is invalid" error.

There's nothing wrong with the package file at all. It's purely a matter of not having enough space in your /cache partition.

(forgive me if you see this exact same post in multiple places - if I'd known weeks ago that it wasn't really an "invalid package file" issue, it would've saved me a ton of useless googling - just trying to spare others the same hassle)