View Full Version : [ubuntu] Upgrade of linux-generic keeps old versions
surferX
April 9th, 2010, 12:34 PM
My installatio with 250mg root partition is nealy full after an updrade of linux-generic which has kept the old kernel and modules.
I can easily delete them or is the a way to instruct apt-get or dpkg to only keep the current version?
jfenn2199
April 9th, 2010, 02:57 PM
I removed it on my end with computer janitor
moetunes
April 9th, 2010, 03:05 PM
By default apt doesn't remove kernels - I recommend keeping at least one backup kernel just in case
beta.tester
April 9th, 2010, 07:27 PM
My installatio with 250mg root partition is nealy full after an updrade of linux-generic which has kept the old kernel and modules.
I can easily delete them or is the a way to instruct apt-get or dpkg to only keep the current version?
Hi
There are 2 ways to tackle this and *both* ways need to be handled like eggs => fragile and potentially dangerous:
1) Grab Ubuntu Tweak (download the .deb file and install) and go through the options carefully. (There is one there for the kernel cleaning :)
2) My preferred way is this:
at the command prompt in a terminal, very carefully and double checking your typing:
sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image
sudo apt-get purge "oldest kernel shown with above command" without the quote marks.
to be safe then run:
sudo update-grub
Hope this helps, kind regards john
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