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[SOLVED] while upgrading from debian 12.11 to 13.0 errors were encountered while processing: plymouth, plymouth-label and initramfs-tools, how do I solve this? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by arsus5478@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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per my previous post I completed the upgrade to 13.0, including the 900 files I didn't get to download and install after using sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

I now have a working internet connection using a lan cable.

More important than this wlan/lan issue is this new one: each time I try to update/upgrade with either sudo apt --fix-broken install , sudo apt full-upgrade , sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y I get:

`Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0 3 not fully installed or removed. Space needed: 0 B / 58.6 GB available

Setting up initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up plymouth (24.004.60-5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1. dpkg: error processing package plymouth (--configure): installed plymouth package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-label: plymouth-label depends on plymouth (= 24.004.60-5); however: Package plymouth is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package plymouth-label (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: plymouth plymouth-label initramfs-tools Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) `

help appreciated

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[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device

Seems like your boot partition is full.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For some reason the Debian installer likes to make a tiny /boot so you can only fit 2-3 kernels at most. Try removing some old ones first.

[–] arsus5478@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

would you help the noob here and explain how to do that?

[–] stuner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I've created a small helper script to help me with this:

#!/bin/bash
USED_VER=$(uname -r)
echo "Kernel version in use: $USED_VER"

echo "Other installed versions:"
dpkg --list 'linux-image*' | grep ^ii | grep -v $USED_VER

echo "Remove unneeded packages above using the following command:"
echo "sudo apt remove linux-image-VERSION"

It prints a list of the installed kernels (excl. the running one) and prints the command to uninstall the packages (it doesn't remove anything by itself).

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Something like dpkg -l '*linux-image*' and then see which are installed (ii), and then do a dpkg remove <package name from above> on some, but don't remove the one you are running now, check uname -a to see.

Keep in mind this is all from memory, so might be wrong

Edit: now I see others replied as well with better ways

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

apt autoremove should do it

[–] Goingdown@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Note. Before rebooting, regenerate initramfs for all kernel versions. I am not in debian, but dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools might do it.