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update-manager package

  1. Bug #1492709
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1492709

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Tero Marttila (terom-u) wrote : Re: New packages (e.g. kernels) not marked for autoremove iff update-manager set to "display" rather than "install automatically"

Crude, crude workaround on trusty:

    aptitude markauto '?name(linux-image-.*-generic)'

This lets 'apt-get autoremove' clean out old kernels installed via update-manager, while /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove-kernels ensures that some kernels are retained.