Issue With Updating Server

[GKNByNW]

I'm trying to do some updates to my friend's server (Ubuntu 16.04) and am encountering this:

[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo: unable to resolve host QuickBox
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease   
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                     
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]                                                                      
Hit:5 http://shell.ninthgate.se/packages/debian jessie InRelease                                                                    
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                             
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]           
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 0s (508 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
sudo: unable to resolve host QuickBox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic but it is not installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$

The recommended 'apt-get -f install' yields the following:

[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$ sudo apt-get -f install
sudo: unable to resolve host QuickBox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-4.4.0-77 linux-headers-4.4.0-77-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-78 linux-headers-4.4.0-78-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-79 linux-headers-4.4.0-79-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-81 linux-headers-4.4.0-81-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-83
linux-headers-4.4.0-83-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-87 linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-89 linux-headers-4.4.0-89-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-91 linux-headers-4.4.0-91-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-92 linux-headers-4.4.0-92-generic
linux-image-4.4.0-77-generic linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-4.4.0-91-generic linux-image-4.4.0-92-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-77-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-79-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-81-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-89-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-91-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-92-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-doc-4.4.0 | linux-source-4.4.0 linux-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 114 not upgraded.
16 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/21.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 67.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 434144 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic_4.4.0-97.120_amd64.deb ...
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic (4.4.0-97.120) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic_4.4.0-97.120_amd64.deb (--unpack):
cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-97-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.0-97-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic_4.4.0-97.120_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$

I can't complete the update process since /boot is full because he never removed the old, unused kernels. The problem now is that I can't clear any space because 'sudo apt-get autoremove' gives me this:

[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo: unable to resolve host QuickBox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic but it is not installed
linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
[tsnowcrash@QuickBox]:(102.8Mb)~$

which brings me full circle back to the previous issue with 'apt-get -f install'. Is there a way to safely make some space in /boot? I don't know what would happen if I manually deleted the old kernels. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Also, I wasn't sure which category to post in since this is not a Kubuntu problem.

[Snowhog]

Don't use 'upgrade' (sudo apt upgrade). Use full-upgrade instead (sudo apt full-upgrade). See https://askubuntu.com/questions/7701...t-dist-upgrade

[GKNByNW]

Don't use 'upgrade' (sudo apt upgrade). Use full-upgrade instead (sudo apt full-upgrade). See https://askubuntu.com/questions/7701...t-dist-upgrade

That still returns the error that says I need to run 'apt-get -f install'

[vinnywright]

copy your list of kernels,headers,and extra that are autoremoveable ,,,,,then use apt-get remove on them one by one oldest to newest ,,,,,,or if apt-get dose not want to do it ,,then use dpkg it's self ,,,,IE: (sudo dpkg -rP linux-headers-4.4.0-77)and so forth and so on through the hole list ,,,,you may half to do the compleat set at one shot that is the image,headers and extras for the one seres "4.4.0.77"

once you have the room (4-5 sets removed)you can go the normal routs

VINNY

[jlittle]

sudo: unable to resolve host QuickBox

That looks weird. I take it from the prompt that QuickBox is your host name.

Googling suggests that you should check the contents of /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts. /etc/hostname should just be QuickBox and /etc/hosts should have a line saying

127.0.1.1   QuickBox

Case is significant, I think. Maybe you've changed the host name and have yet to reboot?
sudo might be quicker if you fix this.

[GKNByNW]

Thanks for the replies, jlittle. I will try that some time this weekend when I am not wore out from work. As far as the "QuickBox" goes, that is the chosen hostname. This is my friend's dedicated server (from Hetzner) and I set it up the same way I run my own dedi. Both are based on the QuickBox seedbox. (Not sure if I am allowed to post link, but Google finds it readily.) Both ours machines give the same unable to resolve host message anytime "sudo" is used. It's never caused any issues that I'm aware of, so I've never bothered to find out why it does that.

[GKNByNW]

I forgot to come back and post that I finally solved this issue. None of the suggested solutions worked so I had to do things the "dirty" way. I manually "rm"-ed the oldest kernel files and that finally gave me enough space on /boot to run the apt-get -f install, after which I was able to autoremove the rest.

[Snowhog]

Yeah, when you are already “out of/nearly out of” space in /, doing anything can be problematic.