[ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels .....

[Alan Pope]

On 15 August 2014 11:31, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15 August 2014 11:12, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>> On 15 August 2014 11:07, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
>>> On 15/08/14 11:02, Alan Pope wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 15 August 2014 10:59, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If I want to do it using apt-get, I'm going to have to use the command
>>>>> for every one which will take a while.  Is there a tool
>>>>> for automating this just a bit?
>>>>
>>>> Does this command offer to remove some?
>>>> sudo apt-get autoremove
>>>
>>>  No.  All it offers to do is to remove one package no longer required.
>>> Nothing to do with the kernel is shown.  Ah well ... When I've got time on
>>> my hands I'll go through them.  Thanks anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't take long:-
>>
>> Open a terminal and make it full screen.
>> uname -a
>>
>> Note which kernel you're currently on.
>>
>> dpkg -l linux-image*
>>
>> To list what kernels you have installed
>>
>> sudo apt-get autoremove  ....
>>
>> Then in the autoremove line where the dots are (don't type the dots)
>> just copy/paste (double click a linux-image package name, then middle
>> click to paste), press space, copy/paste, press space.
>
> That doesn't seem to work for me.  One of the lines from dpkg is
> rc  linux-image-3.2.0-2 3.2.0-27.43    i386           Linux kernel
> image for version 3.2.0 on 32
> but:
> $ sudo apt-get autoremove linux-image-3.2.0-2
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae' for regex
> 'linux-image-3.2.0-2'
> Package 'linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae' is not installed, so not removed
> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
>

It's truncated. Maybe your terminal window is too small? (which is why
I suggested making it full screen).