ubuntu:kernel:delete_old_kernel_images
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Ubuntu - Kernel - Delete Old Kernel Images
List all installed Linux kernel images
dpkg --list | egrep -i --color 'linux-image|linux-headers'
returns:
ii linux-headers-4.15.0-70 4.15.0-70.79 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.15.0 ii linux-headers-4.15.0-70-generic 4.15.0-70.79 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-headers-4.15.0-72 4.15.0-72.81 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.15.0 ii linux-headers-4.15.0-72-generic 4.15.0-72.81 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-headers-generic 4.15.0.72.74 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers rc linux-image-4.15.0-29-generic 4.15.0-29.31 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-55-generic 4.15.0-55.60 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-58-generic 4.15.0-58.64 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-60-generic 4.15.0-60.67 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-62-generic 4.15.0-62.69 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-64-generic 4.15.0-64.73 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic 4.15.0-65.74 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-66-generic 4.15.0-66.75 amd64 Signed kernel image generic rc linux-image-4.15.0-69-generic 4.15.0-69.78 amd64 Signed kernel image generic ii linux-image-4.15.0-70-generic 4.15.0-70.79 amd64 Signed kernel image generic ii linux-image-4.15.0-72-generic 4.15.0-72.81 amd64 Signed kernel image generic ii linux-image-generic 4.15.0.72.74 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
Delete unwanted and unused kernel images
sudo apt --purge remove linux-image-3.12.0-27-generic
The purge removes packages and any configuration files are deleted too.
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