sudo apt-get upgrade error E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Question

I've been getting an error when I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade. Can you help?

Thanks!

:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic (4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-36-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-36-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.4.0-36-generic is not supported Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-36-generic (i686) Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.248+bdcom/build/make.log for more information. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-36-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-lts-xenial:
linux-image-generic-lts-xenial depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic; however: Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic-lts-xenial (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-xenial: linux-generic-lts-xenial depends on linux-image-generic-lts-xenial (= 4.4.0.36.26); however: Package linux-image-generic-lts-xenial is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-lts-xenial (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Answer 1

So I found

sudo dpkg -l linux-* | awk '/^ii/{ print $2}' | grep -v -e `uname -r | cut -f1,2 -d"-"` | grep -e [0-9] | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

Works to remove all but the current version of the kernel and one backup.

I found the solution at the Ubuntu Stackexchange here.

I'm unhappy with how broad, sudden and irreversible the changes are, but no system of manual removal of specific kernel versions seemed to work.

This has tentatively provided a fix. I'll try keeping this updated if I encounter new problems.