Kernel confusion...two different lists of installed kernels? Easy way to uninstall old kernels?

[artytux]

too slow typing, deleted post.

[DukeComposed]

Thanks for the reply. MX Cleanup is only showing one kernel that can be removed though....but the Terminal command I mentioned in my first post implies that there are like...15 kernels that I could remove?

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(11:04 PM)darkstrike @ minidarkstrike ~ $ --> dpkg --list | grep linux-image
[snip]
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64               6.1.76-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-20-amd64               6.1.85-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-21-amd64               6.1.90-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64               6.1.94-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii  linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64               6.1.99-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii  linux-image-6.4.0-1mx-ahs-amd64-unsigned 6.4.4-1~mx23+1                          amd64        Linux 6.4 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-amd64                        6.1.99-1                                amd64        Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)

Did you notice that the only kernel suggested for removal in MX Cleanup has an entry in "dpkg -l" that starts with "ii"?

[RallyDarkstrike]

too slow typing, deleted post.

No worries, thanks anyway!

[RallyDarkstrike]

Thanks for the reply. MX Cleanup is only showing one kernel that can be removed though....but the Terminal command I mentioned in my first post implies that there are like...15 kernels that I could remove?

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(11:04 PM)darkstrike @ minidarkstrike ~ $ --> dpkg --list | grep linux-image
[snip]
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64               6.1.76-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-20-amd64               6.1.85-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-21-amd64               6.1.90-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
rc  linux-image-6.1.0-22-amd64               6.1.94-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii  linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64               6.1.99-1                                amd64        Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii  linux-image-6.4.0-1mx-ahs-amd64-unsigned 6.4.4-1~mx23+1                          amd64        Linux 6.4 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-amd64                        6.1.99-1                                amd64        Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)

Did you notice that the only kernel suggested for removal in MX Cleanup has an entry in "dpkg -l" that starts with "ii"?

I didn't until you mentioned it, actually....I'm a power user compared to most folks, but I'm not a Linux expert so I'm afraid I don't know what those "rr, ii, ic' abbreviations stand for?

I'm assuming this means I can safely delete everything marked 'rc' or 'ic' then?

[DukeComposed]

I didn't until you mentioned it, actually....I'm a power user compared to most folks, but I'm not a Linux expert so I'm afraid I don't know what those "rr, ii, ic' abbreviations stand for?

I'm assuming this means I can safely delete everything marked 'rc' or 'ic' then?

"man dpkg-query" is going to be useful here. Remember that kernels end up under /boot, so if you don't have fifteen different /boot/vmlinuz files on your machine, you don't have fifteen kernels to remove. What you're seeing is leftover config files from previous kernels you've already installed, used, and then deleted after they were upgraded.