error with apt-get and dpkg

Question

I cannot do any apt-get commands without error. I have tried many commands like sudo apt-get purge, sudo apt-get -f install, sudo dpkg --configure initramfs-tools, etc.

I continue to get the following:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Setting up linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic (3.19.0-23.24) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.19.0-23-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-23-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.19.0-23-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-23-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-23-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-23-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.19.0.23.22); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                       Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
scott@scott-1015E:/$

Can anyone help me?

Instead of apologising for the bad formatting, why can't you fix it? For more information on formatting please read: http://askubuntu.com/help/formatting — , Jul 26 '15 at 19:27
possible duplicate of "gzip: stdout: No space left on device" — Florian Diesch, Jul 26 '15 at 19:32
because what I pasted was exactly what appeared in my terminal making MY eyes spin, if I knew how to fix anything I would not have asked for help. — Scott Porter, Jul 26 '15 at 19:33
Cleaning old files did fix the problem but I could not solve it in the terminal, which is what I was trying to do. — Scott Porter, Jul 26 '15 at 22:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '15 at 21:59

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Your /boot partition is full, apt-get tries to finish the installation of a new kernel from a previous upgrade but always fails due to lack of space, note the line 3 not fully installed or removed.

I'd suggest to uninstall older versions of linux-image, but since that doesn't seem to be an option, try expanding your boot partition first.

answered Jul 26 '15 at 21:59

Leo Verto

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Cleaning old files did fix the problem but I could not solve it in the terminal, which is what I was trying to do. – Scott Porter Jul 26 '15 at 22:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '15 at 22:14

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In desperation, I looked at what I had installed - I found Ubuntu Tweak so ran through the clean routines there. It worked where nothing I could find here did, so problem is solved.

Thank you to those who tried to help.

answered Jul 26 '15 at 22:14

Scott Porter

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Cleaning old files did fix the problem but I could not solve it in the terminal, which is what I was trying to do. – Scott Porter Jul 26 '15 at 22:28

error with apt-get and dpkg

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