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Upgrading PVE Tries to Remove proxmox-ve package
- Thread starter mark.hayes0338
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ok thought is was still running grub and not systemd-boot. yep adding it to the entries file for systemd-boot resolves the issue. One issue though, unless there's a way to include that as a default value, it'll be required to manually add that every time a default kernel is changed (which includes installing new kernel versions).
AFAIK assuming you followed the guidance of the official docs here, for "Editing the Kernel Commandline in Systemd-boot", your changes should persist.
Please also note, one can only hope that your issue/s will be corrected in future kernel updates, thus negating the necessity for you Commandline changes.
I have Solved.
I have rename all files in /etc/kernel/postrm.d/
mv initramfs-tools initramfs-tools.bak
mv proxmox-auto-removal proxmox-auto-removal.bak
mv zz-proxmox-boot zz-proxmox-boot.bak
mv zz-update-grub zz-update-grub.bak
then
apt update
apt purge grub-common
apt install grub-pc
apt upgrade
Rename files in /etc/kernel/postrm.d/ to it original name
mv initramfs-tools.bak initramfs-tools
mv proxmox-auto-removal.bak proxmox-auto-removal
mv zz-proxmox-boot.bak zz-proxmox-boot
mv zz-update-grub.bak zz-update-grub
then install
apt install pve-kernel-helper
apt install pve-manager
after that no error.
and the web link worked http://server-pve:8006
I was able to update the system that I held packages on and now Proxmox is running the latest/fixed version from the no subscription repo.
I picked the wrong day to upgrade. Luckily, it was a secondary home cold storage machine.
I started with an upgrade from 7.4 to 8.2 and it killed the host. (I was stupid and selected to uninstall pve
)
I did a fresh install from usb to the host, and still had the error on updates to remove pve
Here's what worked for me:
First: I did the first part of the hold reply:
Second:
Updates installed.
Third, the wget reply:
Fourth, the "unhold":
Finally:
Everything is working on the fresh install now. I also have a vm up and running.
I started with an upgrade from 7.4 to 8.2 and it killed the host. (I was stupid and selected to uninstall pve
)I did a fresh install from usb to the host, and still had the error on updates to remove pve
Here's what worked for me:
First: I did the first part of the hold reply:
Code:
apt-mark hold proxmox-ve pve-manager
apt updateSecond:
Code:
apt dist-upgradeUpdates installed.
Third, the wget reply:
Code:
wget http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve/dists/bookworm/pvetest/binary-amd64/proxmox-backup-client_3.2.5-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i proxmox-backup-client_3.2.5-1_amd64.debFourth, the "unhold":
Code:
apt-mark unhold proxmox-ve pve-managerFinally:
Code:
apt update
apt dist-upgradeEverything is working on the fresh install now. I also have a vm up and running.
Complete noob here - have been following this thread for a few days now after trying this update and have gone from no access through GUI to at least having access and VM now running but still can't resolve upgrade issues / keep getting dependency problems on packages.
Have tried numerous solution as listed here but to no avail. Can anyone offer any further assistance please.
root@GND:~# apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/103 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
proxmox-ve depends on proxmox-kernel-helper (>= 8.0.3); however:
Package proxmox-kernel-helper is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-kernel-6.8:
proxmox-kernel-6.8 depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed | proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed is not installed.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve is not installed.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed which provides proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.8 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-default-kernel:
proxmox-default-kernel depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-default-kernel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.4-3-pve
/etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync: 10: /usr/sbin/proxmox-boot-tool: not found
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync exited with return code 127
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
proxmox-ve
proxmox-kernel-6.8
proxmox-default-kernel
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Have tried numerous solution as listed here but to no avail. Can anyone offer any further assistance please.
root@GND:~# apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/103 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
proxmox-ve depends on proxmox-kernel-helper (>= 8.0.3); however:
Package proxmox-kernel-helper is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-kernel-6.8:
proxmox-kernel-6.8 depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed | proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed is not installed.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve is not installed.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve-signed which provides proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-1-pve is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.8 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-default-kernel:
proxmox-default-kernel depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-default-kernel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.4-3-pve
/etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync: 10: /usr/sbin/proxmox-boot-tool: not found
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync exited with return code 127
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
proxmox-ve
proxmox-kernel-6.8
proxmox-default-kernel
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
that sounds like you did a partial remove of PVE - it might be best to open a new thread and post all the output there!
I tried the upgrade as stated in this post and now I am in the following situation. What is better to do now?
root@pve:~# apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-font-logos proxmox-default-kernel proxmox-firewall
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpve-notify-perl proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager qemu-server
The following packages have been kept back:
libpve-rs-perl openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server pve-cluster ssh
The following packages will be upgraded:
libpve-cluster-api-perl libpve-cluster-perl proxmox-backup-client
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,058 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,897 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you really want to permanently remove 'proxmox-ve' from your system, run the following command
W: (pve-apt-hook) touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'
W: (pve-apt-hook) run apt purge proxmox-ve to remove the meta-package
W: (pve-apt-hook) and repeat your apt invocation.
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you are unsure why 'proxmox-ve' would be removed, please verify
W: (pve-apt-hook) - your APT repository settings
W: (pve-apt-hook) - that you are using 'apt full-upgrade' to upgrade your system
E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
root@pve:~#
root@pve:~# apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-font-logos proxmox-default-kernel proxmox-firewall
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpve-notify-perl proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager qemu-server
The following packages have been kept back:
libpve-rs-perl openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server pve-cluster ssh
The following packages will be upgraded:
libpve-cluster-api-perl libpve-cluster-perl proxmox-backup-client
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,058 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,897 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you really want to permanently remove 'proxmox-ve' from your system, run the following command
W: (pve-apt-hook) touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'
W: (pve-apt-hook) run apt purge proxmox-ve to remove the meta-package
W: (pve-apt-hook) and repeat your apt invocation.
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you are unsure why 'proxmox-ve' would be removed, please verify
W: (pve-apt-hook) - your APT repository settings
W: (pve-apt-hook) - that you are using 'apt full-upgrade' to upgrade your system
E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
root@pve:~#
You should never run that on a PVE system.
Instead (as shown in the docs) try:
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgradeThank you for your help.
However the problem is the same...
root@pve:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-font-logos proxmox-default-kernel proxmox-firewall
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpve-notify-perl proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager qemu-server
The following packages have been kept back:
libpve-rs-perl openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server pve-cluster ssh
The following packages will be upgraded:
libpve-cluster-api-perl libpve-cluster-perl proxmox-backup-client
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,058 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,897 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you really want to permanently remove 'proxmox-ve' from your system, run the following command
W: (pve-apt-hook) touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'
W: (pve-apt-hook) run apt purge proxmox-ve to remove the meta-package
W: (pve-apt-hook) and repeat your apt invocation.
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you are unsure why 'proxmox-ve' would be removed, please verify
W: (pve-apt-hook) - your APT repository settings
W: (pve-apt-hook) - that you are using 'apt full-upgrade' to upgrade your system
E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
root@pve:~#
However the problem is the same...
root@pve:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-font-logos proxmox-default-kernel proxmox-firewall
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpve-notify-perl proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager qemu-server
The following packages have been kept back:
libpve-rs-perl openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server pve-cluster ssh
The following packages will be upgraded:
libpve-cluster-api-perl libpve-cluster-perl proxmox-backup-client
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,058 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,897 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you really want to permanently remove 'proxmox-ve' from your system, run the following command
W: (pve-apt-hook) touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'
W: (pve-apt-hook) run apt purge proxmox-ve to remove the meta-package
W: (pve-apt-hook) and repeat your apt invocation.
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you are unsure why 'proxmox-ve' would be removed, please verify
W: (pve-apt-hook) - your APT repository settings
W: (pve-apt-hook) - that you are using 'apt full-upgrade' to upgrade your system
E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook
root@pve:~#
sure, here it is:
root@pve:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
root@pve:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists... Done