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# Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre> | # Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre> | ||
| − | # Locate the bad characters and delete them. | + | # Locate the bad characters, and delete them. |
# Save the file. | # Save the file. | ||
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#: This will display all the kernels currently installed. All but the most recent can be safely deleted. | #: This will display all the kernels currently installed. All but the most recent can be safely deleted. | ||
# Enter the following: <pre>apt-get remove ''old-linux-kernel-package-name''</pre> | # Enter the following: <pre>apt-get remove ''old-linux-kernel-package-name''</pre> | ||
| − | + | :: <pre>Ex: ''apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic''</pre> | |
Revision as of 14:55, 3 May 2019
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte
When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command:do-release-upgrade
This error is caused by non utf-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
- Enter the following command:
grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status
- This will display any not utf-8 characters in the file
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- Enter the following command:
sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status
- Locate the bad characters, and delete them.
- Save the file.
/boot is out of space
- Enter the following command:
dpkg -l | grep linux-image
- This will display all the kernels currently installed. All but the most recent can be safely deleted.
- Enter the following:
apt-get remove ''old-linux-kernel-package-name''
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Ex: ''apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic''
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