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Remove old kernels from /boot to free up space


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I want to free up some of the space in /boot but i am not able to do so.



Filesystem            1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 474730 463590 0 100% /boot


I have tried sudo apt-get autoremove --purge but following error



sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-137-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic but it is not installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
Recommends: thermald but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


I have tried sudo apt-get -f install but due to no empty space, I am not able to successfully run it and getting the following error



Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic (4.4.0-137.163) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-
137-generic_4.4.0-137.163_amd64.deb (--unpack):
cannot copy extracted data for './boot/abi-4.4.0-137-generic' to '/boot/abi-
4.4.0-137-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)


I also tried to remove it using dpkg with the following code



dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge


I got the following error for the above command.



root@servername:/# dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | 
sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
going to be installed
Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


I tried removing old kernels one by one but still no luck



root@servername:/# sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
but it is not going to be installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
going to be installed
Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is
not going to be installed
Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


I also tried with sudo rm -rf /boot/*-34.4.0-{112,116,119,121,124,127,128,21}-* but still no luck.



Does anyone knows how to resolve it?



Thanks in advance.









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    I want to free up some of the space in /boot but i am not able to do so.



    Filesystem            1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1 474730 463590 0 100% /boot


    I have tried sudo apt-get autoremove --purge but following error



    sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-137-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic but it is not installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
    linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
    Recommends: thermald but it is not installed
    E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


    I have tried sudo apt-get -f install but due to no empty space, I am not able to successfully run it and getting the following error



    Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic (4.4.0-137.163) ...
    dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-
    137-generic_4.4.0-137.163_amd64.deb (--unpack):
    cannot copy extracted data for './boot/abi-4.4.0-137-generic' to '/boot/abi-
    4.4.0-137-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)


    I also tried to remove it using dpkg with the following code



    dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge


    I got the following error for the above command.



    root@servername:/# dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | 
    sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
    going to be installed
    Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


    I tried removing old kernels one by one but still no luck



    root@servername:/# sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
    but it is not going to be installed
    linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
    going to be installed
    Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is
    not going to be installed
    Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


    I also tried with sudo rm -rf /boot/*-34.4.0-{112,116,119,121,124,127,128,21}-* but still no luck.



    Does anyone knows how to resolve it?



    Thanks in advance.









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      I want to free up some of the space in /boot but i am not able to do so.



      Filesystem            1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
      /dev/sda1 474730 463590 0 100% /boot


      I have tried sudo apt-get autoremove --purge but following error



      sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-137-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic but it is not installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


      I have tried sudo apt-get -f install but due to no empty space, I am not able to successfully run it and getting the following error



      Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic (4.4.0-137.163) ...
      dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-
      137-generic_4.4.0-137.163_amd64.deb (--unpack):
      cannot copy extracted data for './boot/abi-4.4.0-137-generic' to '/boot/abi-
      4.4.0-137-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)


      I also tried to remove it using dpkg with the following code



      dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge


      I got the following error for the above command.



      root@servername:/# dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | 
      sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
      going to be installed
      Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      I tried removing old kernels one by one but still no luck



      root@servername:/# sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
      going to be installed
      Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is
      not going to be installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      I also tried with sudo rm -rf /boot/*-34.4.0-{112,116,119,121,124,127,128,21}-* but still no luck.



      Does anyone knows how to resolve it?



      Thanks in advance.









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      I want to free up some of the space in /boot but i am not able to do so.



      Filesystem            1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
      /dev/sda1 474730 463590 0 100% /boot


      I have tried sudo apt-get autoremove --purge but following error



      sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-137-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic but it is not installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


      I have tried sudo apt-get -f install but due to no empty space, I am not able to successfully run it and getting the following error



      Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic (4.4.0-137.163) ...
      dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-
      137-generic_4.4.0-137.163_amd64.deb (--unpack):
      cannot copy extracted data for './boot/abi-4.4.0-137-generic' to '/boot/abi-
      4.4.0-137-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)


      I also tried to remove it using dpkg with the following code



      dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge


      I got the following error for the above command.



      root@servername:/# dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | 
      sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-124-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
      going to be installed
      Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      I tried removing old kernels one by one but still no luck



      root@servername:/# sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
      but it is not going to be installed
      linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic but it is not
      going to be installed
      Depends: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-142-generic but it is
      not going to be installed
      Recommends: thermald but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      I also tried with sudo rm -rf /boot/*-34.4.0-{112,116,119,121,124,127,128,21}-* but still no luck.



      Does anyone knows how to resolve it?



      Thanks in advance.







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