PURGE-OLD-KERNELS(1) - man page online | user commands

purge-old-kernels(1)                          byobu                          purge-old-kernels(1)

NAME
       purge-old-kernels - remove old kernel and header packages from the system

SYNOPSIS
       purge-old-kernels [--keep N] [*]

DESCRIPTION
       This program will remove old kernel and header packages from the system, freeing disk
       space.  It will never remove the currently running kernel.  By default, it will keep at
       least the latest 2 kernels, but the user can override that value using the --keep parame‐
       ter.  Any additional parameters will be passed directly to apt-get(8).

       This program requires administrative access.

EXAMPLE
       sudo purge-old-kernels --keep 3 -qy

SEE ALSO
       apt-get(8)

AUTHOR
       This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <@ubuntu.com> for
       Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute
       and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.

byobu                                      30 Apr 2012                       purge-old-kernels(1)