Help with some random error while updating !

[sakibkhaleel10]

Hey guys ! I'm kinda new here and I need some help with the error I'm getting while updating. The output :

 root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dconf-editor dconf-tools dh-python hashcat-data lib64gcc1 lib64stdc++6
  libasan3 libc-dev-bin libc6-amd64 libffi-dev libgcc-6-dev libhwloc-plugins
  libhwloc5 libibverbs1 libisl15 libobjc-6-dev libobjc4 libpython3.6-minimal
  librdmacm1 libsnmp-base libtinfo-dev libtxc-dxtn-s2tc linux-libc-dev
  python-all python-bson python-bson-ext python-gridfs python-pymongo
  python-pymongo-ext python3.6-minimal
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1898 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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/usr/share/apt-listchanges/apt_listchanges.py:540: FutureWarning: Possible nested set at position 25
  email_re = re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_\+\-\.]+)@(([[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)')
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.130) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.12.0-kali1-686-pae
WARNING: Setting CRYPTSETUP in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Use /etc/cryptsetup-initramfs/conf-hook instead.
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.12.0-kali1-686-pae with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The kernel I'm currently using :

root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 4.12.0-kali1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.12.6-1kali6 (2017-08-30) i686 GNU/Linux

The version of Kali Linux I've installed ( it's old tho ) :

root@kali:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Kali
Description:	Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release:	kali-rolling
Codename:	kali-rolling

Thanks in advance

[Mister_X]

That is a very old kernel. What led you to run apt-get -f install?

[sakibkhaleel10]

That is a very old kernel. What led you to run apt-get -f install?

I actually wanted xfce4 desktop, and while installing I got that error ( sorry for saying it right now ), and later when ever I install anything else the last part comes in

[Mister_X]

Since it's so old and broken, reinstalling the latest XFCE Kali is probably easier.

[sakibkhaleel10]

Since it's so old and broken, reinstalling the latest XFCE Kali is probably easier.

Could you please tell me how do you do that ?? ( noob alert ! )

[Mister_X]

1. Backup your data. Like connect a hard drive, or upload it on dropbox, there are plenty of options.
2. Download Kali XFCE ISO from https://www.kali.org/downloads/
3. Put the ISO on a thumbdrive -> There are tutorials on how to do that on https://docs.kali.org and https://kali.training
4. Install the ISO -> There are tutorials on the same sites as above

[sakibkhaleel10]

1. Backup your data. Like connect a hard drive, or upload it on dropbox, there are plenty of options.
2. Download Kali XFCE ISO from https://www.kali.org/downloads/
3. Put the ISO on a thumbdrive -> There are tutorials on how to do that on https://docs.kali.org and https://kali.training
4. Install the ISO -> There are tutorials on the same sites as above

Oh ! I didn't know there's a separate xfce version of kali available on the offical website !
That looks easy ! Imma download it right now !

Thanks Mate !!