Recently Ubuntu-based linux SO doesn’t remove automatically old kernels, with the command<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThis because kernels, even automatically installed, are considered manually installed, and so they are not automatically removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To solve this, you should do beforehand this command<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-mark auto $(apt-mark showmanual | grep -E \"^linux-([[:alpha:]]+-)+[[:digit:].]+-[^-]+(|-.+)$\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nWith this command you say that all kernels are automatically installed, and therefore the previuous command (sudo apt-get autoremove –purge) will work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recently Ubuntu-based linux SO doesn’t remove automatically old kernels, with the command This because kernels, even automatically installed, are considered manually installed, and so they are not automatically removed. To solve this, you should do beforehand this command With this command you say that all kernels are automatically installed, and therefore the previuous command (sudo … <\/p>\n