问题描述
运行sudo apt-get -f install表示The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link和：
you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
以下是完整的输出：
user@chrubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
user@chrubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-headers-3.13.0-32 linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 270 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en
en",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en",
LC_MONETARY = "en",
LC_ADDRESS = "en",
LC_TELEPHONE = "en",
LC_NAME = "en",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en",
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en",
LC_NUMERIC = "en",
LC_PAPER = "en",
LANG = (unset)
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 232120 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) ...
Removing linux-headers-3.13.0-32 (3.13.0-32.57) ...
Removing linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
Removing linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
user@chrubuntu:~$
我如何将re-run引导加载程序？
最佳解决方案
根据womble’s answer到Damaged /vmlinuz and /initrd.img symbolic links after Kernel uninstall(在Server Fault上)，当您的引导加载程序是GRUB /GRUB2时，在这种情况下您不必做任何事情，在这里它是。
对于某些其他引导加载程序(至少LILO)，显然有时需要手动运行引导加载程序的配置。
如果您确实需要告诉GRUB检查现有内核并更新其配置，那么运行sudo update-grub将会这样做。运行它没有什么坏处。但在这种情况下不应该有必要。
次佳解决方案
这个错误在grub的情况下有点奇怪。
当安装一个新的kernel-version时，它将/vmlinuz和/initrd.img移动到/vmlinuz.old和/initrd.img.old(然后它们仍然指向当前活动的内核。再次注意.old扩展名，它是与“内核卸载后损坏的链接”中链接的故事不同)，并创建两个新文件/vmlinuz /initrd.img。
当你运行apt-get autoremove(这些消息不是由apt-get -f install生成的)时，它会删除以前的活动内核(在安装之后重新启动，在运行autoremove之前，对吧？)，这会导致链接无效。
当删除内核本身完成时，autoremove本身调用update-grub：
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
因此：
The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
所以，autoremove会这样做：
-
删除旧内核
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运行update-grub
-
update-grub删除链接到已删除文件的.old文件。
完全不用担心 ：-)
问候。
第三种解决方案
$ sudo update-grub
如果你想删除/清除旧的包，你也可以做
$ dpkg --list |grep "^rc" | cut -d " " -f 3 | xargs sudo dpkg --purge