package linux-headers-4.10.0-14 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.10.0-14.list-new': Operation not permitted

[Aaron Miller]

Here's my error log:

Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic_4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/preinst.d/intel-microcode 4.10.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic (4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic_4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 4.10.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic_4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-headers-4.10.0-14 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 6 07:04:01 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-headers-4.10.0-14:(not installed)
 Unpacking linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic (4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.10.0-14-generic_4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  unable to open '/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-14-generic.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
ErrorMessage: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.10.0-14.list-new': Operation not permitted
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-10 (573 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: linux-hwe-edge
Title: package linux-headers-4.10.0-14 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.10.0-14.list-new': Operation not permitted
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-02 (339 days ago)

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.10 EOL, closing this bug.