On 15 August 2014 11:31, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15 August 2014 11:12, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: >> On 15 August 2014 11:07, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> On 15/08/14 11:02, Alan Pope wrote: >>>> >>>> On 15 August 2014 10:59, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If I want to do it using apt-get, I'm going to have to use the command >>>>> for every one which will take a while. Is there a tool >>>>> for automating this just a bit? >>>> >>>> Does this command offer to remove some? >>>> sudo apt-get autoremove >>> >>> No. All it offers to do is to remove one package no longer required. >>> Nothing to do with the kernel is shown. Ah well ... When I've got time on >>> my hands I'll go through them. Thanks anyway. >>> >>> >> >> Doesn't take long:- >> >> Open a terminal and make it full screen. >> uname -a >> >> Note which kernel you're currently on. >> >> dpkg -l linux-image* >> >> To list what kernels you have installed >> >> sudo apt-get autoremove .... >> >> Then in the autoremove line where the dots are (don't type the dots) >> just copy/paste (double click a linux-image package name, then middle >> click to paste), press space, copy/paste, press space. > > That doesn't seem to work for me. One of the lines from dpkg is > rc linux-image-3.2.0-2 3.2.0-27.43 i386 Linux kernel > image for version 3.2.0 on 32 > but: > $ sudo apt-get autoremove linux-image-3.2.0-2 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Note, selecting 'linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae' for regex > 'linux-image-3.2.0-2' > Package 'linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae' is not installed, so not removed > 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. >
It's truncated. Maybe your terminal window is too small? (which is why I suggested making it full screen). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
