[Solved]How do I find "Broken Packages"?

[thebovees]

On my dashboard in the Software box I have the following message in red;
"You have broken packages installed, fix them before upgrading"
I have not figured out how to find the broken packages let alone fix them.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Roger

[Geelong PC Creations]

on the server machine open up terminal and run the following code
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
this should find and fix all missing and or broken files

[thebovees]

I ran it just as stated and this was the last line:  "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"
I rebooted and the broken packages message is still there.

[Geelong PC Creations]

have you tried running sudo apt-get update --fix-missing then sudo apt-get update

[thebovees]

have you tried running sudo apt-get update --fix-missing then sudo apt-get update

Thank you!
Just ran them and and 'Broken Packages' message is still there, rebooted and still there??
I sure don't want to have to do a clean install!!

[Escorpiom]

Hi,

Can you check which package is broken?
Have you checked free space on the /boot volume?

Cheers.

[thebovees]

Hi,

Can you check which package is broken?
Have you checked free space on the /boot volume?

Cheers.

That is what I have been trying to figure out - How to find those broken packages.  I am quite a novice and, as it sits, don't know how to go about checking for free space in the boot volume.

Thanks!

[thebovees]

My son tunneled in and found the boot drive was full and fixed and fully updated my system.

Thanks Justin,

Roger

[Escorpiom]

Perfect. Keeping older kernels for example will fill up the boot volume, causing dpkg to error out.
Marking this as solved.

Cheers.