<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Anton, many thanks - I tried all the options on that page, the outcomes were: <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> Synaptic: An error occurred E: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 E: linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Terminal: jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq --dry-run linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (Reading database ... 236379 files and directories currently installed.) Would remove or purge linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (3.13.0-100.147) ... jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq --dry-run linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (Reading database ... 236379 files and directories currently installed.) Would remove or purge linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (3.13.0-100.147) ... jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (Reading database ... 236379 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (3.13.0-100.147) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 36: /etc/default/grub: ^X: not found run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic.postrm line 328. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (Reading database ... 236379 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (3.13.0-100.147) ... depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-3.13.0-100-generic: No such file or directory run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic grep: /boot/config-3.13.0-100-generic: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_l61Qos/lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_l61Qos/lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 36: /etc/default/grub: ^X: not found run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --remove linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (Reading database ... 236379 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (3.13.0-100.147) ... depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-3.13.0-100-generic: No such file or directory run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic grep: /boot/config-3.13.0-100-generic: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_TxDHCf/lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_TxDHCf/lib/modules/3.13.0-100-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-100-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: 36: /etc/default/grub: ^X: not found run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 127 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ Then: jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic rm: cannot remove �/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic�: No such file or directory jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic: command not found jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ Ran sudo apt-get autoremove: Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) <title></title> <meta name="generator" content="LibreOffice 4.2.8.2 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> </pre> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/10/2016 10:01, Anton May wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAL1x9=Pg0+rZ5jNhDF2iroBArNVS7JetR8Dvm5NTvz9RbGDOXg@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/490671/fix-half-installed-package">http://askubuntu.com/questions/490671/fix-half-installed-package</a> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 21 October 2016 at 09:53, Jan Greeff <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jan@verslank.net" target="_blank">jan@verslank.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Good day all, Can somebody please assist me with this problem?� dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic (--configure): �package linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic is not ready for configuration �cannot configure (current status `half-installed') I have Googled around to find a solution, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/536525/package-linux-image-generic-is-not-configured-yet-error" target="_blank">14.04 - "Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet." Error - Ask Ubuntu</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://askubuntu.com/posts/517857/revisions" target="_blank">Revisions to dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured - Ask Ubuntu</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dpkg%3A+error+processing+package+linux-generic+%28--configure%29%3A++dependency+problems+-+leaving+unconfigured&ie=UTF-8&sa=Search&channel=fe&client=browser-ubuntu&hl=en" target="_blank">dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured - Google Search</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/517857/dpkg-error-processing-package-linux-image-generic-configure-dependency-pro" target="_blank">apt - dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured - Ask Ubuntu</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=install+linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" target="_blank">install linux-image-extra-3.13.0-100-generic - Google Search</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/linux" target="_blank">Trusty (14.04) : linux package : Ubuntu</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1642173" target="_blank">E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)</a> no success. Best wishes, Jan </div> -- ubuntu-za mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> </blockquote> </div> <div> </div> -- <div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Regards, Anton May</div> </div> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> </body> </html>