Wireguard install failed, now can't do anything else with dietpi-software

Troubleshooting
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Creating a bug report/issue

Required Information

  • DietPi version | 8.11.2
  • Distro version | bullseye
  • Kernel version | Linux DietPi 4.14.294+
  • SBC model | Odroid HC2
  • Power supply used | 12V 5A from Odroid
  • SD card used | Sandisk Extreme

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | Wireguard
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated? Freshly
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  • Bug report ID | 82814656-605d-4288-b79f-8eb9e4002d32

Steps to reproduce

  1. I tried installing Wireguard from dietpi-software, the install failed, I did not pay much attention to the error as I was just wanting to experiment with Wireguard and don’t need it.
  2. Since the failure, I can’t install or uninstall anything else from dietpi-software, or run ‘apt upgrade’, instead I get an error that seems to relate to trouble removing old Wireguard files.

Extra details

The error:

│ APT install for: linux-image-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4 linux-headers-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4    
     │  - Command: apt-get -y --allow-change-held-packages install linux-image-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4                          
     │ linux-headers-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4                                                                                    
     │  - Exit code: 100                                                                                                      
     │  - DietPi version: v8.11.2 (MichaIng/master) | HW_MODEL: 11 | HW_ARCH: 2 | DISTRO: 6                                   
     │  - Image creator: DietPi Core Team                                                                                     
     │  - Pre-image: Meveric                                                                                                  
     │  - Error log:                                                                                                          
     │ Reading package lists...                                                                                               
     │ Building dependency tree...                                                                                            
     │ Reading state information...                                                                                           
     │ linux-headers-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4 is already the newest version (4.14.294-1).                                        
     │ linux-image-4.14-armhf-odroid-xu4 is already the newest version (4.14.294-1).                                          
     │ 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.                                                         
     │ 1 not fully installed or removed.                                                                                      
     │ After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.                                                       
     │ Setting up wireguard-dkms (1.0.20210219-1) ...^M                                                                       
     │ Removing old wireguard-1.0.20210219 DKMS files...^M                                                                    
     │ ^M                                                                                                                     
     │ ------------------------------^M                                                                                       
     │ Deleting module version: 1.0.20210219^M                                                                                
     │ completely from the DKMS tree.^M                                                                                       
     │ ------------------------------^M                                                                                       
     │ Done.^M                                                                                                                
     │ Loading new wireguard-1.0.20210219 DKMS files...^M                                                                     
     │ Building for 4.14.294+^M                                                                                               
     │ Building initial module for 4.14.294+^M                                                                                
     │ Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.294+ (armv7l)^M                                              
     │ Consult /var/lib/dkms/wireguard/1.0.20210219/build/make.log for more information.^M                                    
     │ dpkg: error processing package wireguard-dkms (--configure):^M                                                         
     │  installed wireguard-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10^M                  
     │ Errors were encountered while processing:^M                                                                            
     │  wireguard-dkms^M                                                                                                      
     │ E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The make.log referenced in that error:
make.log (30.3 KB)

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you could try to purge wireguard packages

apt purge wireguard*
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Excellent, that did it!

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ok good. Question: how you tried to install Wireguard. Did you used dietpi-software or was this a manually installation?

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using dietpi-software

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@MichaIng
Could you have a look on this topic. WireGuard installation failed on a HC2 image running old kernel 4.14.

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What does the failed build log say?

cat /var/lib/dkms/wireguard/1.0.20210219/build/make.log

Probably newest WireGuard cannot compile on this old kernel anymore.

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@MichaIng log was already attached above

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So jep, looks like support has gone. I.e. for using WireGuard, our new image would need to be used. Sadly it isn’t possible to upgrade, since a different partitioning is required for the mainline U-Boot.

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I disabled the install option via DKMS now completely. All legacy Odroid vendor kernels are not supported anymore by WireGuard: v8.12 · MichaIng/DietPi@e8a944a · GitHub

EDIT: On x86_64 Buster with Linux 4.19 the build still succeeds. However, there it is much easier to upgrade to Linux 5.10 via backports:

apt install -t buster-backports linux-image-amd64
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Much appreciated! fortunately I don’t presently have any need for Wireguard on this device, I simply wanted to explore its features. I’m always very impressed with the responsiveness of support with DietPi!