gzip: stdout: No space left on device

[Ajay]

When I am trying to install any software i am getting following error

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Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (4.4.0-42.62) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic (4.4.0-43.63) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-43-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-43-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (4.4.0-45.66) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Oct 25 17:16:04 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-20 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

It looks like whatever partition your /boot/ directory is on has run out of space. The command 'df -h' will give you information about free space. It's possible that older, unecessary kernels ae cluttering up a small /boot/ partition, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RemoveOldKernels for more information.