18.04 Xubuntu: Fix unmet dependencies (linux-images, linux-modules)?

chef_carol

I am facing an issue so strange in Xubuntu 18.04... I ran the following command after sudo apt update : sudo apt upgrade But it leads to an error : Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The...

Originally asked by Mistapopo on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

original answer that applies to most users: When dpkg tries to finish the installation configuration for the kernel it runs grub-script-check when running grub-mkconfig to auto-generate /boot/grub/grub.cfg . If there is a problem with your configuration files, it will return this error. The error says that you have a syntax problem in /etc/default/grub or one of your other grub configuration files in your /etc/default/grub.d directory. If you recently made changes to any of your grub configuration files like /etc/default/grub or any other file in your /etc/default/grub.d directory, you need to correct or delete the changes made. After you fix the file or files, run the following command:...

Full answer by mchid: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1207247 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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