How can I resolve this problem : Unable to locate package linux-image-extra-4.15.0-29-generic

Question

I use this command

sudo apt-get install \
linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) \
linux-image-extra-virtual

and get this error Is there anybody can help me to resolve this problem? thanks.

Solution 1

linux-image-generic should already install the associated linux-image-extra package, but the name has been changed to linux-modules-extra. Try this to upgrade to the latest kernel:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install --reinstall linux-image-generic

Then, reboot and try using the following command instead:

sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) linux-image-extra-virtual 

Solution 2

As @mchid said in the comments,

linux-image-extra-*

packages have been renamed

linux-modules-extra-*

Comments

[bennlich]

Where is this kind of thing documented?

[VishnuVS]

@bennlich exactly my thoughts, how are we supposed to know this? What is the reason for renaming them, and can't they do some backward compatibility or something?