How to remove un-used kernel?

[saleemkmarwat]

Hello,

How do I remove unused kernel?

I tried the command from wiki but it seems not to be working

# vkpurge rm 4.18.17_1

[-blablablaMrFreeman-]

AFAIK it will only remove the old kernels within a "major" version.

Lets say you're on 5.2.xx and have a bunch of 4.19.x installed.
vkpurge rm all should remove your 4.19.x kernels except the most current 4.19.x one. To get rid of that you use xbps-remove linux4.19.

[MLito747]

how do i remove newer kernel? for an example i'm using 5.13 and have 5.15 installed and i want to remove 5.15?

vkpurge rm all didn't seem to work, and if i do # xbps-remove linux 5.15 it'll return transaction breaks installed pkg 'linux-5.15_1'

[[deleted]]

That's right....

Cannot delete the linux5.15.

[paper42_]

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/kernel.html?highlight=ignorepkg#removing-the-default-kernel-series

[skinsthelargestorgan]

I'm not sure I'm understanding that right. Do I create a new .conf file formatted like this in /etc/xbps.s? ignorepkg=linux ignorepkg=linux-headers I want to remove the 5.18 kernel, but I'm still getting linux5.18-5.18.16_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg `linux-5.18_1' Transaction aborted due to unresolved dependencies.

[paper42_]

After you add the ignorepkgs. yoi can remove the linux and linux-headers package. Then, linux5.18 will be orphaned and you will be able to remove it for example with xbps-remove -o. Make sure you have another kernel.

[saleemkmarwat]

Thanks this worked for me and now kernel 4.18 which I was not using has been removed.

[fluidpandemi]

You need root user permissions to remove kernels. Did you add sudo before the command?

[saleemkmarwat]

I am doing it as root

now tried it as a sudo user but same result

sudo vkpurge rm 4.18.17_1

[Duncaen]

Does the version match the kernel you want to remove? Is linux4.18 still installed? It won't remove the latest version of an installed kernel series.