How to remove old kernels with computer janitor

[Alin-Andrei]

This command purges the unused linux headers, images and modules:

dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed
"s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' |
xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

Found it on
http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2456/purge-installed-but-unused-linux-headers-image-or-modulesand
works :)

Andrew


On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 19:05, Faizan Kazi <faizan.s.kazi at faizan-kazi.com>wrote:

> yup, sorry the computer janitor doesn't do that. but it'd be kinda cool if
> it did right?? :)
> if you really wanna do that you've gotta find entries beginning with
> "linux-image-" and remove them in synaptic package manager... MAKE SURE to
> keep atleast one installed. I have NO idea what'd happen if you tried to
> remove all of them.
>
> you can also do a "sudo apt-get remove linux-image-SOMETHING
> use the Tab key auto completion to help you out there :)
>
> ~fez
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