Re: Removing old kernels with yum?

From: Jeff Vian (jvian10_at_charter.net)
Date: 05/27/05

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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 16:12:36 -0500

    On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:11 +0100, WipeOut wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > How do I remove old kernels with yum??
    >
    > If I do a..
    > # yum list "kernel*"
    >

    instead do an "rpm -qa kernel"

    [jeff@eye_gore seti]$ rpm -qa kernel
    kernel-2.6.10-1.770_FC3
    kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3
    kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3

    then do "rpm -e <kernel version>" with the one you are removing from
    above.

    [jeff@eye_gore seti]$ sudo rpm -e kernel-2.6.10-1.770_FC3
    Password:
    [jeff@eye_gore seti]$ rpm -qa kernel
    kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3
    kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3

    As you can see, it works perfectly.

    > 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?
    >
    > Thanks
    > 

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