Removing old kernels with yum?

Temlakos temlakos at gmail.com
Fri May 27 20:10:55 UTC 2005


WipeOut wrote:
> Bob Chiodini wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:13 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> WipeOut wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> How do I remove old kernels with yum??
>>>>
>>>> If I do a..
>>>> # yum list "kernel*"
>>>>
>>>> I get..
>>>> Installed Packages
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.741_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.681_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.760_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.14_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.27_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.678_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.667            
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.737_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.667            
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.760_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.27_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.737_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.741_FC3       
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.14_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.678_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.681_FC3        
>>>> installed
>>>> kernel-utils.i386                        1:2.4-13.1.49_FC3      
>>>> installed
>>>>
>>>> So if I try..
>>>> # yum remove kernel.i686
>>>> it wants to remove all of them..
>>>>
>>>> I have tried specifying the version a couple of ways but then it 
>>>> doesn't find anything to remove..
>>>>
>>>> So how do I do it?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Use rpm instead of yum:
>>>
>>> # rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Yum can do it too, ala:
>>
>>        yum remove kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3
>>
>> You can also wildcard parts of the name like:
>>
>>        yum remove kernel-smp-2.6.9-*
>>
>> to get rid of all of the 2.6.9 SMP kernels.
>>
>> Bob...
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> I am sure I tried that but it didn't seem to work.. the rpm -e way 
> worked fine..
> 
> Thanks..
> 

I simply brought up Yum Extender, looked for all the kernels I had 
installed, and selected one to remove. (I say /one/ because I normally 
keep the five latest releases on my system, to make sure that I have a 
good one.)

Temlakos




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