Cant install anything - The following packages have unmet dependencies

Question

Just about anything I try to install via the package manager gets the following:

root@opsview-appliance:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get install make
  Reading package lists... Done 
  Building dependency tree 
  Reading state information... Done 
  make is already the newest version. 
  You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: 
  The following packages have unmet dependencies.  
    linux-image-virtual : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic but it is not going to be installed 
  E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Even when using -f its more of the same:

root@opsview-appliance:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get -f install make 
  Reading package lists... Done 
  Building dependency tree 
  Reading state information... Done 
  make is already the newest version. 
  You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: 
  The following packages have unmet dependencies.  
    linux-image-virtual : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic but it is not going to be installed 
  E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Did you try the suggestion ? apt-get -f install What is the output of this ? Did you add any repositories? — pLumo, May 16 '17 at 11:56
Possible duplicate of The following packages have unmet dependencies! — jhilmer, May 16 '17 at 11:56
Of course. did not work. Also came across that other thread. Nothing there worked either. — JustAGuy, May 16 '17 at 11:56
This is a packaged VM for opsview so it came with their repos (I didnt touch it). It used to work flawlessly. apt-get -f gives me the exact same results with linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic dependency. — JustAGuy, May 16 '17 at 12:09
Have you run sudo apt-get update to update your package database? — jhilmer, May 16 '17 at 12:14
Could you please [edit] your question to include the full, verbatim output of sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f like RoVo suggested? Thanks. — David Foerster, May 18 '17 at 21:53

JustAGuy · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-21T10:28:20.260

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Believe it or not this is what solved the problem:

apt-get install linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic

I should mention that I also had to extend the /boot partition as it didnt allow me to install anything without it.

edited May 21 '17 at 10:28

answered May 16 '17 at 12:51

JustAGuy

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You've probably got old kernels installed that you no longer need and can be removed. – pbhj Oct 25 '17 at 21:37

Cant install anything - The following packages have unmet dependencies

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