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| From | "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.mint |
| Subject | Re: Deleting old Kernels. |
| Date | 2026-05-09 09:03 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10tnbar$3l839$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <10tlnbe$388pq$1@dont-email.me> <10tlpft$12ob4$1@paganini.bofh.team> <slrn10vu5aj.6l7e.ronb02NOSPAM@3020m.home> |
On 5/9/26 7:06 AM, RonB wrote:
> On 2026-05-08, George <Invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 08/05/2026 23:16, Alan K. wrote:
>>> Okay, in update manager there is a checkbox to get update manager to
>>> purge excess kernels.
>>> However I've 3 of them now, and I thought at one time I had 4.
>>>
>>> I know how to do it manually. Sudo apt autoremove doesn't do it now
>>> with 3.
>>>
>>> So what's the key to this? It used to do it with the autoremove in
>>> 22.2, but seems now, at least on my machine, in 22.3 it don't do it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Try running this:
>>
>> sudo apt purge --autoremove
>
> You can delete them individually in Update Manager, under View > Kernels. I
> think autoremove keeps at least one extra kernel in case there is a problem
> with the new one.
>
Thanks. I think I put that in the OP. I know all the standard procedures. It's the
automatic part that I'm not getting the system to do. Or at least the 'autoremove' part.
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Alan K.
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