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How to uninstall the old kernel by Linux

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2022-06-01 21:30:47 11月07日 Update

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First of all, you can see which kernel is currently in use, and you can get the information through the command: uname-a. For example, on my desktop, it reads:

Magc@magc-desktop:~$ uname-a

Linux magc-desktop 2.6.24-19-rt # 1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Aug 21 02:08:03 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Then look at the list of all the kernels on the machine to decide which ones need to be deleted:

Run the command: dpkg-get-selections | grep linux, for example, my local display is as follows:

Magc@magc-desktop:~$ dpkg-get-selections | grep linux

Libselinux1 install

Linux-generic install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-19 install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-19-rt install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-21 install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic install

Linux-headers-2.6.24-21-rt install

Linux-headers-generic install

Linux-headers-rt install

Linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic deinstall

Linux-image-2.6.24-19-rt install

Linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic install

Linux-image-generic install

Linux-image-rt install

Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic deinstall

Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-rt install

Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic install

Linux-restricted-modules-common install

Linux-restricted-modules-generic install

Linux-restricted-modules-rt install

Linux-rt install

Linux-sound-base install

Linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic deinstall

Linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-rt install

Linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic install

Util-linux install

Util-linux-locales install

The one with image is the kernel file, so you can see that there are five kernel versions on my machine. I am currently using 2.6.24-19-rt, so I decided to delete other useless kernels.

The command to delete is: sudo apt-get remove linux-image-XXXX

For example, the way to delete the linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic kernel is:

Sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic

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