[Gllug] removing old kernel package

[Xander D Harkness]

Simon Wilcox wrote:
> A probably trivial question:
> 
> I have been using up2date on my redhat 8 box to keep packages up to
> date. There is a new kernel package available but /boot has run out of
> space with 8 different versions in it.
> 
> What's the best/safest way to remove the old ones that I don't need
> without damaging the rest of the system ?
> 
> Simon.
> 
I use rpm -qva pipe grep kernel

(mmmm pipe character is not working! - new install)

then rpm -e kernel-2.4-2.3.2

etc.

Cheers
Xander


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