sudo dpkg --configure -a not resolving blocking of synaptic & updating

[m654321]

I did what you suggested, ticking on the kernels listed but cleaning failed
Mike

Then follow the procedure seen here:  http://kevinjmorse.ca/articles/gzip-stdo...-f-install

Hi torreydale,

Thanks for your efforts to help.  I used the link you gave me to get rid of the unwanted kernels that seem to be lying around, though it didn't work - details on that in a minute.

In the terminal, uname -a revealed that I have kernel version 4.4.0-38-generic installed.  Lite Tweaks reveals I have 4.4.0-22-generic and 4.4.0-42-generic are lying around inside the system: the former was from the time of LL3.0 installation, and I think the latter appears to be the most recent one I was trying to update to, but it appears that this didn't complete and probable gave rise to the request from Terminal to run sudo dpkg --configure -a

I ran the command in the link you gave me (to remove one of the kernels) - unsuccessful - this was the output:

Code:

mike@mike-G750JS:~$ sudo dpkg --remove linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic
[sudo] password for mike:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic is to be removed.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic
mike@mike-G750JS:~$

I'd be grateful if anyone could help me with this ...

Cheers
Mike