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During the update operation I got the following error:

(Reading database ... 713992 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-extra-4.10.0-35-generic (4.10.0-35.39~16.04.1) ...
depmod: FATAL: could not load /boot/System.map-4.10.0-35-generic: No such file or directory
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.0-35-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-35-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.10.0-35-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-35-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.0-35-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-35-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-35-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_IN
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XGKldO/lib/modules/4.10.0-35-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XGKldO/lib/modules/4.10.0-35-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-35-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.10.0-35-generic (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-extra-4.10.0-35-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried to purge the kernel that causes the problem with no success. How can I solve this problem.

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The main issue is gzip: stdout: No space left on device. If the file system is full and parts of the package can't be extracted, any strange errors may follow.

Clean your system to free space.

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  • I think the space is not an issue here, because more than 15 GB of free space is there .
    – Amit Ghosh
    Sep 20, 2017 at 7:50
  • When it says no space left it is an issue. Not neccessary your root device, maybe the /boot volume. Check your df
    – Philippos
    Sep 20, 2017 at 7:55
  • Yup! I got the point. There were 9 additional kernels installed in the system. Many thanks @Philippos.
    – Amit Ghosh
    Sep 20, 2017 at 8:04
  • You have to run sudo apt autoremove every now and then after doing upgrade. sudo apt upgrade tells you every time which packages, including kernels, that should be removed with autoremove.
    – Soren A
    Sep 20, 2017 at 8:19

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