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Remove Old Unused Kernels in CentOS

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To display the current version of Linux (kernel) running on your system, run this command.

# uname -sr
Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64

List All Installed Kernels on System

You can list all kernel images installed on your system like this.

# rpm -q kernel
kernel-3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
kernel-3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64
kernel-3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64
kernel-3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64

Removing Old/Unused Kernels on CentOS/RHEL

You need to install yum-utils, which is an assortment of utilities that integrate with yum to make it more powerful and easier to use, by extending its original features in several different ways. Continue reading “Remove Old Unused Kernels in CentOS” »

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Delete Old Unused Kernels in Debian

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To find out the current version of Linux kernel running on your system, use the following command.

$ uname -sr
Linux 4.12.0-041200-generic

To list all installed kernels on your system, issue this command.

$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}'

linux-image-4.12.0-041200-generic
linux-image-4.8.0-22-generic
linux-image-extra-4.8.0-22-generic
linux-image-generic

Remove Old Unused Kernels on Debian and Ubuntu

Run the commands below to remove a particular linux-image along with its configuration files, then update grub2 configuration, and lastly reboot the system.

$ sudo apt remove --purge linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
$ sudo update-grub2
$ sudo reboot
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