I've gone into update manager and check the item in automation to remove old kernels every
week. I currently have 3, the oldest is Sept something.
I don't seem to get these old one removed. Oh yes, I can do it through apt autoremove,
but I kinda thought this would work.
What am I doing wrong?
On 2025-11-24, Alan K. wrote:
I've gone into update manager and check the item in automation to remove old kernels every
week. I currently have 3, the oldest is Sept something.
I don't seem to get these old one removed. Oh yes, I can do it through apt autoremove,
but I kinda thought this would work.
What am I doing wrong?
I don't recall the update manager working on "time", but rather a count
of how many kernels to retain (e.g. "keep 2 old kernels"). That being
said, 'autoremove' should only be removing packages that were installed
as dependencies of something that has since been removed. The kernel
images "shouldn't" fit this definition (although, maybe there's a
metapackage that's driving it).
Have you happened to jump kernel versions (e.g. default LTS to HWE, or similar)?Nope. I currently have
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