On running Software Updater, I get error message: Software index is broken It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first..When I run that command, I get more error messages.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 14.3 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 351549 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-
/etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.
/etc/kernel/
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Script `/boot/
Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file.
Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub
and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with
/boot/grub/
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-
installed linux-image-
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Dec 27 06:23:58 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-14 (712 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_
SourcePackage: ubuntu-
Symptom: ubuntu-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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