Unmet dependencies when I tried to free up unused kernels
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I think your problem is that apt is trying to install/remove linux-image-generic-pae, which should point to the latest kernel available (which is linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic-pae) but the latest kernel you have installed is the *39.
So I suggest you to run the command suggested by apt with --dry-run (this will only simulate what apt would do):
sudo apt-get -f install --dry-run
This will let you know what apt is trying to do, and then you can decide if it is ok or not (if it tries to install the newest kernel that's ok, if it tries to remove the one you are using it may be better to try something else).
After that, probably the better way is to remove each kernel manually (in your apt-get purge output it seems to be selecting everyting correctly). You can specify each command alone or you can do something like:
for version in {29..38}; do
echo "Removing kernel 3.2.0-$version"
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-3.2.0-$version-generic-pae
done
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Unmet dependencies when I tried to free up unused kernels
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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CppLearner over 1 year
I am running 12.04.
I read this https://askubuntu.com/a/90219/18876 as reference.
I checked all the one I have.
yeukhon@fubini:~$ aptitude search ~ilinux-image i linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit i linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit BB linux-image-generic-pae - Generic Linux kernel imageI think I am using 39?
yeukhon@fubini:~$ uname -a Linux fubini 3.2.0-39-generic-pae #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 27 22:25:11 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/LinuxSo I started purging as suggested in the reference.
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.2.0-29 linux-image-3.2.0-30 linux-image-3.2.0-31 linux-image-3.2.0-32 linux-image-3.2.0-33 linux-image-3.2.0-34 linux-image-3.2.0-35 linux-image-3.2.0-36 linux-image-3.2.0-37 linux-image-3.2.0-38 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-29-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-29' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-30-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-30' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-31-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-31' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-32-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-32' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-lowlatency-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-lowlatency' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-33-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-33' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-34-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-34' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-lowlatency-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-lowlatency' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-35-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-35' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-lowlatency' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-lowlatency-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-36' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-lowlatency' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-lowlatency-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-37' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-highbank' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-lowlatency' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-virtual' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-lowlatency-pae' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-omap' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-powerpc64-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-38-powerpc-smp' for regex 'linux-image-3.2.0-38' Package linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-29-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic-pae is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-30-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-31-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-32-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-33-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-33-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-34-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-35-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-36-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-37-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-38-virtual is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-33-lowlatency is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-33-lowlatency-pae is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-35-lowlatency is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-35-lowlatency-pae is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-36-lowlatency is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-36-lowlatency-pae is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-37-lowlatency is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-37-lowlatency-pae is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-38-lowlatency is not installed, so not removed Package linux-image-3.2.0-38-lowlatency-pae is not installed, so not removed You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-image-generic-pae : Depends: linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic-pae but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).Now I don't know how to proceed, especially I don't want to mess up the computer. Ideas? Thanks.
Solution
I found My /boot partition hit 100% and now I can't upgrade. Can't remove old kernels to make room later. Basically, I followed his advise by
[removing] old vmlinuz initrd, abi and System.map files individuallyuntil I got enough free space. I only need to delete the first two.Then I do
sudo apt-get install -fand finally use @Salem's little bash script to remove most of the old kernels. I kept the last two as suggested. Reboot at the end, and then if I douname -aI will see the new kernel is now installed (in my case, that's 40). -
CppLearner about 11 yearsThanks. I don't have enough disk space. I can't install the latest
40as a result. -
geethujoseph about 11 yearsCheck ifsudo apt-get cleangets you some space. -
CppLearner about 11 yearsThanks. I managed to find this post askubuntu.com/questions/171209/… I basically individually deleted about two old kernels. I am trying now.
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CppLearner about 11 yearsThanks. I just reboot. See my edit above. Thanks a lot.