apt-get won't upgrade old generic-pae

Running #apt-get upgrade I am told to run sudo apt-get -f install. I do that and see:

The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image-generic-pae
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image-generic-pae
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 138 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic-pae:
 linux-image-generic-pae depends on linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic-pae; however:
  Package linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic-pae is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic-pae:
 linux-headers-generic-pae depends on linux-headers-3.2.0-48-generic-pae; however:
  Package linux-headers-3.2.0-48-generic-pae is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-pae:
 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.48.58); however:
  Package linux-image-generic-pae is not configured yet.
 linux-generic-pae depends on linux-headers-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.48.58); however:
  Package linux-headers-generic-pae is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic-pae (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-generic-pae
 linux-headers-generic-pae
 linux-generic-pae
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Here's a listing of my /usr/src:

/usr/src:
total used in directory 88 available 19619852
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Feb  1 23:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Aug 31  2012 ..
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 18  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-36
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Jan 18  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Feb  1  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-37
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Feb  1  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Feb 22  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-38
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Feb 22  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-38-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Mar 19  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-39
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Mar 19  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Apr  9  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-40
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Apr  9  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-40-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May  2  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-41
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May  2  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-41-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 16  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-43
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May 16  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-43-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 24  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-44
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May 24  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-44-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 31  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-45
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May 31  2013 linux-headers-3.2.0-45-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Feb  1 23:21 linux-headers-3.2.0-58
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Feb  1 23:21 linux-headers-3.2.0-58-generic-pae

Most of my other machines have all the numbers in there between 45 and 58 also. I don't think I even need this 48 version do I?


Solution 1:

Removing or Forcely removing the corresponding package for the below type of error will solve the problem,

dpkg: error package-name (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

In this question leaving unconfigured error happens for these three packages,

linux-image-generic-pae
linux-headers-generic-pae
linux-generic-pae

So we have to remove the packages by running,

sudo dpkg -r linux-image-generic-pae
sudo dpkg -r linux-headers-generic-pae
sudo dpkg -r linux-generic-pae

If there was any dependency problem occurs while removing the above then go for force option like below else skip it.

Note: Go for force option only when all other methods won't work.

Forcely remove the above three packages by running the below commands,

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq linux-image-generic-pae
sudo dpkg --purge --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq linux-headers-generic-pae
sudo dpkg --purge --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq linux-generic-pae

Now you may run an upgrade,

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get upgrade

If you want the packages to be reinstalled,then run the below

sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae