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 <a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2456/purge-installed-but-unused-linux-headers-image-or-modules">http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2456/purge-installed-but-unused-linux-headers-image-or-modules</a> and works :) Andrew <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 19:05, Faizan Kazi <<a href="mailto:faizan.s.kazi@faizan-kazi.com">faizan.s.kazi@faizan-kazi.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">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 </div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>