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how do I uninstall a kernel

Asked by tadiv

So I was fooling w/ virtual box and it prompted me to install some packages. It seems that the server kernel was required for at least one of those packages. The whole thing was just playing and I have removed the packages, but the server kernel remains... How do I uninstall it?

Thanks,
Tom

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Bert Van de Poel (bhack) said : 		#1

Well, you should make sure you aren't using the server kernel at that moment (use the geenric or virtual kernel if you have them installed) and then it should be easy to just delete it using Synaptic, just as you do with most of your other programs ;)

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tadiv (tadiv-comcast) said : 		#2

Happy New Year --

Bert - thank you - I tried that but could not find what package I was supposed to remove... I tried searching on "kernel" and "server" and that did not seem to help... My problem is identifying the package I need to remove...

Tom

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Best Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza) said : 		#3

You can help us by providing the output from the following command run from a terminal window. (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal).

$ sudo dpkg -l linux-* | grep ii

This will show you which packages with the name starting with "linux-" are installed on your system. We'll then be able to tell you which packages may be installed that are unnecessary.

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tadiv (tadiv-comcast) said : 		#4

Thanks Gilbert!

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tadiv (tadiv-comcast) said : 		#5

Thanks Gilbert Mendoza, that solved my question.