There are no dependencies that would prevent removing these old kernel versions when trying to remove them manually:
% apt-get remove linux-headers-4.4.0-31 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-headers-4.4.0-31 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 133 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. This issue is a real pain in the a** because we just rolled out new desktop images to all the people in the company with 300 MB of disk space allocated to /boot and with this many old kernel versions around /boot fills up easily. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636203 Title: apt-get autoremove not removing old kernels when package virtualbox-5.1 is installed Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 'apt-get autoremove` does not remove old 'linux-image-*` packages as long as virtualbox-5.1 package is installed on system. % cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS" % lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 % apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 Candidate: 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 There are 7 different kernel versions installed =============================================== % dpkg -l | grep linux-im | cut -c 1-80 ii linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic 4.4.0-31.50 ii linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic 4.4.0-34.53 ii linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic 4.4.0-36.55 ii linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic 4.4.0-38.57 ii linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic 4.4.0-42.62 ii linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 ii linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 ii linux-image-generic 4.4.0.45.48 % ls -1 /boot/vmlinuz-* /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-34-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-38-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic Running kernel ============== % uname -r 4.4.0-43-generic Only 4.4.0-43 and 4.4.0-45 protected from autoremove ==================================================== % cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove-kernels // DO NOT EDIT! File autogenerated by /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal APT::NeverAutoRemove { "^linux-image-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-image-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^linux-headers-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-headers-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^linux-image-extra-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-image-extra-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^linux-signed-image-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-signed-image-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^kfreebsd-image-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^kfreebsd-image-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^gnumach-image-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^gnumach-image-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^.*-modules-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^.*-modules-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^.*-kernel-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^.*-kernel-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; "^linux-tools-4\.4\.0-43-generic$"; "^linux-tools-4\.4\.0-45-generic$"; }; /* Debug information: # dpkg list: ii linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic 4.4.0-31.50 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic 4.4.0-34.53 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic 4.4.0-36.55 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic 4.4.0-38.57 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic 4.4.0-42.62 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP iF linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP iU linux-image-generic 4.4.0.45.48 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image # list of installed kernel packages: 4.4.0-31-generic 4.4.0-31.50 4.4.0-34-generic 4.4.0-34.53 4.4.0-36-generic 4.4.0-36.55 4.4.0-38-generic 4.4.0-38.57 4.4.0-42-generic 4.4.0-42.62 4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 # list of different kernel versions: 4.4.0-45.66 4.4.0-43.63 4.4.0-42.62 4.4.0-38.57 4.4.0-36.55 4.4.0-34.53 4.4.0-31.50 # Installing kernel: 4.4.0-45.66 (4.4.0-45-generic) # Running kernel: 4.4.0-43.63 (4.4.0-43-generic) # Last kernel: 4.4.0-45.66 # Previous kernel: 4.4.0-43.63 # Kernel versions list to keep: 4.4.0-43.63 4.4.0-45.66 # Kernel packages (version part) to protect: 4\.4\.0-43-generic 4\.4\.0-45-generic */ All marked auto =============== % apt-mark showauto | grep linux linux-firmware linux-headers-4.4.0-31 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-34 linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-36 linux-headers-4.4.0-36-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-38 linux-headers-4.4.0-38-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-42 linux-headers-4.4.0-42-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-43 linux-headers-4.4.0-43-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-45 linux-headers-4.4.0-45-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev linux-sound-base pptp-linux syslinux syslinux-common syslinux-legacy % apt-mark showmanual | grep linux console-setup-linux libselinux1 linux-base linux-generic util-linux Virtualbox is installed ======================= % dpkg -l virtualbox-5.1 ii virtualbox-5.1 5.1.8-111374~Ubuntu~xe Command executed ================ % apt-get autoremove Expected behaviour ================== Remove all 'linux-image-X-generic` packages where X not in (4.4.0-43, 4.4.0-45). What happens instead ==================== % apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Debugging Info % apt-get -o Debug::pkgAutoRemove=true autoremove > autoremove_debug.txt 2>&1 (see attachments below this post) How to fix this? Remove virtualbox-5.1 package ============================================== % apt-get remove virtualbox-5.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libqt5x11extras5 linux-headers-4.4.0-31 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-34 linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-36 linux-headers-4.4.0-36-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-38 linux-headers-4.4.0-38-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-42 linux-headers-4.4.0-42-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: virtualbox-5.1 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 158 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] How come apt-get will not autoremove old kernel packages as long as virtualbox is installed? % apt-cache show virtualbox-5.1 Package: virtualbox-5.1 Version: 5.1.8-111374~Ubuntu~xenial Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Oracle Corporation <i...@virtualbox.org> Installed-Size: 154040 Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 1.1) | debconf-2.0 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.3.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.3.0), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2) | libqt5opengl5-gles (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0), libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.1.0), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libvpx3 (>= 1.5.0), libx11-6, libxcb1, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmu6, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), psmisc, adduser Recommends: libasound2, libpulse0, libsdl-ttf2.0-0, kmod | kldutils | module-init-tools, linux-headers-generic | linux-headers-generic-pae | linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-2.6-686 | linux-headers-2.6-amd64 | linux-headers, linux-image, gcc, make | build-essential | dpkg-dev, binutils, pdf-viewer, libgl1 Conflicts: virtualbox, virtualbox-guest-additions-iso, virtualbox-ose Replaces: virtualbox Provides: virtualbox Priority: optional Section: contrib/misc Filename: pool/contrib/v/virtualbox-5.1/virtualbox-5.1_5.1.8-111374~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb Size: 65225770 SHA256: 66d8900d5428aad7e7c955971153d45a2ddb65c113002c33dfa31f80b7f92ec0 SHA1: 78648eb646b0488c01f69f52be89e04e80541db2 MD5sum: ad328e1a7fb5f1e087b145dbcaff7f4e Description: Oracle VM VirtualBox VirtualBox is a powerful PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others. VirtualBox comes with a broad feature set and excellent performance, making it the premier virtualization software solution on the market. Description-md5: 914c1338bb9a4b67fae39e48412d76f8 Python-Version: 2.7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1636203/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
