sudo dpkg --configure -a not resolving blocking of synaptic & updating

[valtam]

Try:

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

then:

Code:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq 4.4.0-42-generic

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot.

If any of the above commands don't complete, continue to the next command regardless.