I inherited a server with Ubuntu 16.04 and a crazy uptime and /boot in a small separated partition with no space left. My installed kernels were:
ii linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic 4.4.0-116.140 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic 4.4.0-119.143 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic 4.4.0-121.145 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic 4.4.0-124.148 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic 4.4.0-127.153 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic 4.4.0-128.154 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-133-generic 4.4.0-133.159 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iF linux-image-4.4.0-134-generic 4.4.0-134.160 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic 4.4.0-21.37 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
being linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic my current kernel from uname -r
As seen, all installed kernels where newer than the currently installed, so I followed an answer in Again… /boot is full [duplicate], but after runnig
dpkg --remove linux-image-4.4.0-{119,121,124,127,128,130,133}-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-{119,121,124,127,128,130,133}-generic
tried to run
sudo apt install --reinstall linux-image-generic linux-image-extra-generic
got this error
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-extra-generic
sudo apt-get autoremove didn't work and suggests 'apt-get -f install'.
Afert doing an apt-get -f install tries to install again all previously deleted kernels:
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-139 linux-headers-4.4.0-139-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic
linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic linux-image-4.4.0-124-generic linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic linux-image-4.4.0-133-generic linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic
linux-image-4.4.0-139-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-139-generic linux-image-generic
How can I install only the newer kernel version without installing the ones in the middle?
