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Clean up old, unused Linux Kernel version in Ubuntu
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#!/bin/bash | |
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# Clean up old, unused Linux Kernel version in Ubuntu | |
# =================================================== | |
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# My system keeps running out of space on the boot partition as Ubuntu Linux | |
# does not remove unused Kernel version on a Kernel update. This small script | |
# will remove them for you. It's insipired by | |
# http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/ | |
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# License | |
# ======= | |
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# The MIT License (MIT) | |
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# Copyright (c) 2016 Valentin Sawadski | |
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# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
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# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all | |
# copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | |
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | |
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# SOFTWARE. | |
echo "Running Kernel: $(uname -r)" | |
echo | |
echo "Kernel Packages to be uninstalled:" | |
dpkg -l linux-* | awk '/^ii/{ print $2}' | grep -v -e `uname -r | cut -f1,2 -d"-"` | grep -e [0-9] | grep -E "(image|headers)" | xargs apt-get --dry-run remove | |
echo | |
echo -n "Remove these Packages? Type \"yes\" and press [ENTER]: " | |
read IN | |
if [ "$IN" == "yes" ]; then | |
dpkg -l linux-* | awk '/^ii/{ print $2}' | grep -v -e `uname -r | cut -f1,2 -d"-"` | grep -e [0-9] | grep -E "(image|headers)" | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge | |
fi |
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