clean out old kernel versions?

[Bret Busby]

On 07/03/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/03/2021, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>> Linux user-Satellite-A100 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18
>> 18:34:49 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
>>
>> cat /etc/issue
>> Linux Mint 18 Sarah \n \l
>>
>> --------------
>>
>>
>> /boot has 440 files in it, almost all of which are old kernel entries.
>> Is there a simple way to get rid of all but the most recent few (2 or
>> 3)?
>>
>> I could find a use for that 4.4 GB of disk space.
>>
>> D
>>
>
>
> As has been previously mentioned on the list, try running the
> following; initially, and, whenever you perform a system update.
>
> sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get
> -y autoremove && sudo apt-get -y autoclean
>
> That is a single line, composite command combination.
>

Sorry - that line should have been

sudo apt -y update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade && sudo apt -y
autoremove && sudo apt -y autoclean

A previous thread about this, on the mailing list, had a subject line
something like "apt and apt-get".

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Bret Busby
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