On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:11:30 -0500 Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > 2.6.18-4-686 2.6.18-6-686 2.6.18-6-vserver-686 > > > 2.6.22-2-686 2.6.18-5-486 2.6.18-6-686-bigmem > > > 2.6.18-6-vserver-k7 2.6.22-3-686 2.6.18-5-686 2.6.18-6-amd64 > > > 2.6.18-6-xen-686 2.6.18-6-486 2.6.18-6-k7 > > > 2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 > > > > > > I am running Etc, with the 2.6.18-6-686 kernel. What is the > > > correct way to get rid of those, dpkg deinstall ? > > > > > > > > Use whatever package management tool you normally use. If you are > > running Etch then you will have installed non-etch kernels (e.g. > > 2.6.22-2-686, 2.6.22-3-686 which are not Etch). Ensure that you > > keep your current kernel and the last one that ran well. I suppose > > that if you are using Xen then you need a xen kernel. If you need > > vserver... etc. > > > > Doug. > > ok, now I remember. I had to add the linux-headers package: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386 > > to get the headers so I could install my NVIDIA driver into the > current kernel. This added all of those OTHER kernel packages and > folder.. when I try to remove the xen-vserver headers I get this: > > > # aptitude remove linux-headers-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 > linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Reading extended state information > Initializing package states... Done > Reading task descriptions... Done > Building tag database... Done > The following packages are BROKEN: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386 > The following packages have been kept back: > libquicktime0 > The following packages will be REMOVED: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not > upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 8040kB will be > freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386: Depends: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 (= 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1) but > it is not installable > Resolving dependencies... > The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > > Remove the following packages: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386 > > Score is 119 > > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n > Resolving dependencies... > > *** No more solutions available *** > > The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > > Remove the following packages: > linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386 > ----------------------------------------- > > now what. well, you normally only need the linux-headers package corresponding to the linux-image package you have installed. You can remove the rest. The linux-headers-*all* package simply exists to pull in all the other header packages. You'll need to remove that as well, to remove any other header package. -- Kushal
