Help! I cannot upgrade to New Ubuntu release 12.04.4 LTS

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Apr 29, 2014 4:20 PM, "Nils Kassube" <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> W Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 22:45 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > Rick Magraw wrote:
> > > > Yes, there are a whole bunch:
> > > Great - that could be enough space ...
> > > You could use the following command to remove most of them:
> > > sudo apt-get remove --purge
> > > linux-image-2.6.32-{{24..35},37,41}-generic
> > > And probably you also have the headers for those kernels which you
> > > may also remove:
> > > sudo apt-get remove --purge
> > > linux-headers-2.6.32-{{24..35},37,41}-generic
> > > Please note: I didn't include the 2.6.24-21-eeepc and the most
> > > recent
> > > 2.6.32-57-generic kernels because I'm not sure which one is in use.
> > > Nils
> >
> > This is inefficient. Why do you have to invoke apt-get more than once?
>
> Yes, it may be inefficient, but what's the problem? Those two commands
> each fit on a single line which makes it safer for copy & paste IMHO.
>
>
> Nils

Uh, the problem is that it is inefficient, and performs steps that you
don't need to repeat with a tiny amount of knowledge of shell scripting.
I'm all for volunteer teaching, but try not to pass on bad habits.
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