Apt is failing to upgrade or install new packages after a seeming partial kernel upgrade. I've tried apt-get purge -f linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
which fails with a very similar error message. The machine also crashes on boot into the newest kernel version (default in grub), but previous versions work fine.
$ 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-3.19.0-22-generic linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-cloud-tools-common
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/24.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 208 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 453815 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic (3.19.0-22.22) ...
depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-3.19.0-22-generic: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-22-generic
grep: /boot/config-3.19.0-22-generic: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_6gldfB/lib/modules/3.19.0-22-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_6gldfB/lib/modules/3.19.0-22-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
ERROR: cannot determine partition label for rootfs /dev/sda9
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing linux-image-3.19.0-22-generic (3.19.0-22.22) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-22-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.19.0-22-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
ERROR: cannot determine partition label for rootfs /dev/sda9
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.19.0-22-generic.postrm line 328.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.19.0-22-generic (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
linux-image-3.19.0-22-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I need to get apt working again and into a state where it can install future kernels. Properly purging the 3.19.0-22 kernel would be nice but unnecessary. Feel free to ask for more information, and thanks in advance
--Edits--
0x450's answer works for any non-kernel related packages. Kernel and grub updates return apt and dpkg to a broken state. I have noticed this recurring error message:
Generating grub configuration file ...
ERROR: cannot determine partition label for rootfs /dev/sda9
Could this be an issue related to grub configuration files?
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
results in a very similar error (which can be viewed here)
sudo dpkg --configure -a
creates this error
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
creates this error
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-extra-3.19.0-22-generic
, and then a removal afterwards?