Kernel update not working on ubuntu 13.10 server
Hi Everyone,
I have run a apt-get update and upgrade command on one of our AWS servers and there was a kernel update which I wanted to upgrade.
I selected yes but it got stuck "Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub" and I could not cancel the operation as well.
I tried steps from all over the internet but it did not work. So I ended up on the following link https:/
And I followed the steps in point 5
here is the output of those command and got stuck the same way like before after running sudo apt-get --purge autoremove:-
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
^CFailed to process /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-
linux-
Package linux-image-
dpkg: error processing linux-image-virtual (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-virtual:
linux-virtual depends on linux-image-virtual (= 3.11.0.20.21); however:
Package linux-image-virtual is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-virtual (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-
linux-
linux-virtual
user@XXXX:~$ ubuntu-
Support status summary of 'ip-XXXXX3':
You have 695 packages (91.7%) supported until July 2014 (9m)
You have 3 packages (0.4%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
You have 8 packages (1.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 52 packages (6.9%) that are unsupported
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
user@XXXX:~$ ubuntu-
Support status summary of 'ip-XXXXX3':
You have 695 packages (91.7%) supported until July 2014 (9m)
You have 3 packages (0.4%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
You have 8 packages (1.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 52 packages (6.9%) that are unsupported
No longer downloadable:
afick al-threat-host ec2-ami-tools libgd3 libjson-c2 libqdbm14
linux-image-
Unsupported:
debsums dos2unix fail2ban htop javascript-common
libapache-
libboost-
libivykis0 libjs-cropper libjs-prototype libjs-scriptaculous
libkyotocabinet16 libmailutils4 libmcrypt4 libmongo-client0
libnet-daemon-perl libntlm0 libonig2 libphp-phpmailer libphp-snoopy
libplrpc-perl libruby libsyslog-ng-3.3.6 libtiff4
linux-headers-
linux-image-
mod-pagespeed-
python-support python3-serial syslog-ng syslog-ng-core
syslog-ng-mod-json syslog-
vim-addon-manager wordpress wordpress-l10n wwwconfig-common
user@XXXX:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/
cat: /etc/dpkg/
user@XXXX:~$ dpkg --print-
user@XXXX:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
user@XXXX:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
user@XXXX:~$ echo $http_proxy
user@XXXX:~$ echo $ftp_proxy
user@XXXX:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
user@XXXX:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
user@XXXX:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
user@XXXX:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
user@XXXX:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/
Specified filename /var/cache/
user@XXXX:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
user@XXXX:~$ uname -a
Linux ip-XXXXX3 3.11.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 11 18:48:34 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/
rm: cannot remove â/var/cache/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
user@XXXX:~$ sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock
user@XXXX:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
user@XXXX:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/
user@XXXX:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
user@XXXX:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/
user@XXXX:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
user@XXXX:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
user@XXXX:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
^M
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
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