apt - Stuck removing linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic

Asked by Nicolas Sicard

Hello,

I'm stuck when i try to remove package linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic

$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 155 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 251666 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic (4.10.0-19.21) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.10.0-19-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic

It stays on this step for hours...

Maybye this will help :

$ dkms status
virtualbox, 5.1.22, 4.10.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed

and

$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82412 avril 12 05:11 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101208 avril 6 18:28 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.md5sums
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40128 avril 6 18:28 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13691 avril 6 18:28 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.postrm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11545 avril 6 18:28 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.preinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11356 avril 6 18:28 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic.prerm

Thanks for any help :)

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Try:

sudo dpkg -P linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic

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Nicolas Sicard (rashguir) said :
#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.