nebukadnezzar2
August 23rd, 2016, 12:10 PM
Hello,
I've repeatedly been receiving error warnings saying that /boot has not enough disk space remaining.
I tried to purge unused kernels. First I identified them using:
$ uname -r
and
$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+' | grep -Fv $(uname -r)
then I tried to purge the oldest one using:
$ sudo dpkg --purge
Following the instructions on this site https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels
I finally got to a point I do not know what to do next: I have dependency problems when purging the kernels, but I do not know of which kind and how to solve them. Furthermore, it seemed like I deleted the header for the older kernels.
Here's what I got:
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ uname -r
4.2.0-38-generic
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+' | grep -Fv $(uname -r)
pi linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic 4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
pi linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.2.0-36-generic 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic:
linux-image-extra-4.2.0-34-generic depends on linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic which isn't installed
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic:
linux-image-extra-4.2.0-34-generic depends on linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
Would be great if you could help me!
Thank you!
I've repeatedly been receiving error warnings saying that /boot has not enough disk space remaining.
I tried to purge unused kernels. First I identified them using:
$ uname -r
and
$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+' | grep -Fv $(uname -r)
then I tried to purge the oldest one using:
$ sudo dpkg --purge
Following the instructions on this site https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels
I finally got to a point I do not know what to do next: I have dependency problems when purging the kernels, but I do not know of which kind and how to solve them. Furthermore, it seemed like I deleted the header for the older kernels.
Here's what I got:
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ uname -r
4.2.0-38-generic
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+' | grep -Fv $(uname -r)
pi linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic 4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
pi linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.2.0-36-generic 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic:
linux-image-extra-4.2.0-34-generic depends on linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic which isn't installed
annika@nebukadnezzar:~$ sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic:
linux-image-extra-4.2.0-34-generic depends on linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-4.2.0-34-generic
Would be great if you could help me!
Thank you!