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Ubuntu 12.04 - Update manager failed to install security update of some headers. I have tried: sudo apt-get -f install which tries to get dependencies, but initially fails with:

    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-54_3.2.0-54.82_all.deb

followed by many more errors including: No space left on device which is completely rubbish as there is more than 120 gb of space.

Questions:

  1. Can I fix this problem?
  2. If not, can I at least remove the faulty update so I can get the apt-get and the update manager working again?

Many thanks.

zurga
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The best way to check for old unused kernels is using 

dpkg -l linux-image* | grep ii | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v $(uname -r)

This will display each kernel version except the one you already has installed:

dpkg -l linux-image* | grep ii | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v $(uname -r)
linux-image-3.8.0-30-generic
linux-image-extra-3.8.0-30-generic
linux-image-generic

In my case, linux-image-generic should not be removed, since it is a metapackage that allows that my kernels get updated without my intervention whenever they becomes available. So the only two packages I should remove are linux-image-3.8.0-30-generic and linux-image-extra-3.8.0-30-generic.

Braiam
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